It has many, many earliest things in the world, such as subways, telephone booths and double-decker buses ... but it has been wrapped like amber for a long time. When the whole world becomes like electronic dance music, occupied by electronic products and illuminated by LED screens for 24 hours, London still retains these old guys who are already panting.

There are many world-famous buildings here: Tower Bridge, St. Paul's Cathedral, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Globe Theatre ... Most of the buildings in London are left over from the Victorian era and have Gothic beauty. Hundreds of years of history and changes have branded every brick and tile of the house, emitting an old rust smell that seems to have been washed away by rain.

As an international metropolis, London is more like a lady, elegant and peaceful, without the fashion of Paris, the publicity of new york and the prosperity of Shanghai. There are no tall buildings in London, trees fill every gap in the city, and there are not many urban residents. People's lives are leisurely and casual. No wonder a friend of mine said that she likes London, because it makes people feel kind and want to be close.

The 20 12 London Olympic Games focused the world's attention on this, and also made people begin to understand the "foggy city".

Watch the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, with a time difference of 7 hours, 2 1 on July 26th, Greenwich Mean Time, and 4 am on July 27th, Beijing Time. The British show their history and everything they are proud of with a grand performance like a stage play.

I remember the opening video very well. From the source of the Thames, along the track of the river, through so many forest green spaces, after numerous diversions and intersections, the surging river is vividly depicted in a close-up like a movie, causing waves and splashing water. Every detail is caught. The current brought our eyes to London. The camera, which had been pushed very fast before, slowed down and walked slowly across the tower bridge. The wide horizontal plane extended to the Olympic Stadium.

The British have different feelings about the Thames. I have always felt that rivers can give the soul of a country and a nation. Just like the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, it has created the heroic atmosphere of the Chinese nation, just like the Seine River has brought infinite romance and artistic atmosphere to France.

The part about the industrial revolution also left a deep impression on me. The center of the whole venue is like a Kurogane monster wrapped in machinery and metal. Huge chimneys rose one after another, spewing out a lot of white fog, and the green manor was replaced by factories. This reminds me of the endless fog of sin, poverty and chaos in Dickens' Oliver Twist-London is full of charming post-steamy, decadent and expensive. The "Fog City" was also named after the serious environmental pollution at that time, which caused people to describe the fog in London endlessly. The unique mixture of soot, steam, dust and air in the steam industry era hangs over the fog that can't be dispersed all year round. Now in London, the sky is very clear and incredibly clean. But I still yearn for the city submerged by fog. London like that must have a special beauty, so countless writers will write it into their stories.

My favorite part of the opening ceremony was the lighting of the main torch. I really like the idea of this main torch-flowers made of "copper petals" engraved with the names of more than 200 countries. The flame spread round and round, from the outside to the inside, and after it was all lit, the metal bracket at the bottom began to rise, and the petals gathered together in the air to form a colorful flower. Huge flames rushed into the air, and the fire lit up the entire Olympic stadium and ignited everyone's hearts.

What moved me most was the familiar melody I remembered after the main torch was lit. Paul mccartney, one of the Beatles' main venues, played their classic song Heyjude. His voice is no longer as clear as before, hoarse and old after being polished by time, like limestone weathered by hundreds of years of wind and rain on a cliff. This song, which grew up with a generation, caused a chorus of 80 thousand people at the scene. The Beatles is undoubtedly the greatest band in the world, and there is no one. Although they no longer exist, their music can still touch people's hearts today after decades. This is the real greatness. Mr. McCartney's eyes sparkled like stars in London that night. After singing the last long ending, he stood up from the piano and raised his arms on the high platform. Proud as a king.

Later, at the end of the opening ceremony, the TV broadcast showed the night view of London. The night is already deep, and London has entered a new day at this time. The night view of London is charming and quiet, unlike the splendor of big cities in China at night. London seems to be asleep. Looking down, I can only see the red color in the center of the Olympic Stadium.

I think this is London and this is England. It is ancient, but modern; It's expensive, but it's good. It is very special, it makes countless people yearn for it and fascinates countless people.