Olympics Stadium… the ‘Village Version’
China’s Olympics stadium, or the “Bird’s Nest”, cost around $500 million and took 7 years to build.
The stadium seats up to 91,000 people and will host both the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as all the athletic events for the 2008 Olympics.
Apparently, this award winning design has inspired some Chinese villagers in Hangzhou city to build their own smaller and cheaper version of the stadium.
10 bamboo masters spent 2 weeks and used nearly 1,000 pieces of bamboo to build the miniature “Bird’s Nest.”
They plan to use it for local sports events such as beach ball, bow shooting, loop rolling, etc…
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By Mui Mui on 09-08-2008
Comment by killergabo (Allen)
August 10th, 2008 at 12:35 am
good for them….
“why i should care?”
i haven’t the slightest clue…
Comment by Gee-man
August 10th, 2008 at 12:38 am
I gotta say, to build a replica out of just bamboo is pretty impressive. How practical that is, I’m not sure, but it sure looks cool.
Comment by clowangel
August 10th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Wow, that looks pretty darn good for something built out of bamboo. I’m amazed.
Comment by Sukai
August 10th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
The bamboo version looks a bit small for any sport events, it might just the camera’s perspective…
Comment by DEan
August 12th, 2008 at 1:00 am
Seems like a bunch of dumb farmers with too much time on their hands….
Comment by Alex
August 13th, 2008 at 12:09 am
you could have a kick ass ninja fight in there…
Comment by jez
August 13th, 2008 at 11:59 am
and youre sooooooo busey I suppose, thats why you got notnin to do but read blogs
Comment by Malabi
August 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Well, if you take a look at the humans inside the “bird nest”, you see they are pretty small. So I think you could play beach volley and sports like that inside it.
Comment by I HATE China
August 13th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
That is the ugliest stadium I have ever seen and I’m glad the chinese built it because it suits them fine.
Comment by Isabel
August 14th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
What makes you have such strong opinion against China?Are you from Japan?
Comment by Adam
August 19th, 2008 at 2:23 am
Should really put some chess tables and a flower garden in there. It’s certainly not large enough for any practical porting events.
Comment by Ace
August 19th, 2008 at 4:52 am
This is the best stadium i have seen in my life. Just one question. Could you have done a better job?
What have you against the Chinese? Are you jealous?
The Bird’s Nest stadium is a brilliant piece of architecture, so is the Water Cube and the othe Olympic venues.
Comment by Adam
October 30th, 2008 at 7:49 am
It does look a bit small but i doubt the village has need of a stadium for 91,000. Bamboo is still used for scaffolding in Hong Kong and China and I’ve seen it in at least one other country in asia.
Comment by MadeinChina
September 20th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
If you hate China, why are you reading news from China?
It is beautiful. Inside is beautiful, you should see it.
The Water Cube is beautiful as well.