On the evening of 1 October , from 20:00 to 22:00 , a music concert of 28 patriotic Chinese songs was performed with hundreds of dancers in Tiananmen Square , with a series of massive fireworks displays overhead . Early media reports earlier predicted that the fireworks presentation would be " double the firepower of the 2008 Olympics opening ceremony " . CCTV viewers and Internet users around the world were also both able to watch the live broadcast of the gala
2008 Olympics opening ceremony
2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony
60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China