Yang Shu'an enjoys the art performance.

   (BEIJING, July 17) -- The "Olympic Cultural Square" program, a component of the fourth "Beijing 2008" Olympic Cultural Festival, concluded on Sunday night with thousands of Beijingers participating in the Olympic-related cultural activities.

   A closing ceremony was held at the International Sculpture Park in Shijingshan District in west Beijing. Local artists and troupes from neighboring Shanxi Province brought about colorful numbers such as dances, songs and operas.

   A lantern show was staged separately and concurrently in the park, attracting a large number of visitors. The meticulously-designed lanterns plus the new acoustic-optic technology featured traditional folk arts and modern urban environment.

   The weekend art performances at five of Beijing's much frequented spots lasted for the whole process of the Olympic cultural festival from June 24 to July 16, and Shijingshan Park was a key place of the festivity.

   Yang Shu'an, executive vice president of Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) and leading cultural officials of Beijing and Shanxi attended the closing ceremony.

The opening of the performance

The performance attracts a large number of spectators.

Duo of a Shanxi folk opera

A local instrument play from Shanxi