At 20:00 on September 17, 2008 Beijing time, the Beijing Paralympics closing ceremony hold in National Stadium “Bird Nest”. The music is melodious, the light sketches the contours of the green meadow in the middle of the stadium. “A letter to the Future” large-scale performance of Beijing Paralympics closing ceremony begins. Beijing sends the most sincere blessings to the disabled person friend in whole world: make unremitting efforts to improve oneself, gain the happiness.
“Holy fire, you burn in my mind; Holy fire, I am singing for you”. The ten years old girl of deaf Yi Mei like one angel, she say that with the sign language repeatedly, talk with holy fire, talk with her own soul, talk with the whole mankind. The blazing holy torch seems to hear her pouring out, go out slowly, full of poetic imagery. 50 seconds is very transient, but enough to let you get back to that unusual 12 days in the pouring out of Yi Mei’s graceful sign language and soul. After the holy fire goes out slowly, more than 360,000 flowers are in full bloom once again on the lawn, the bright moon illuminates the night sky. The holy fire has already going out, but the flower in full bloom lets people see fine future again.
Have performed too many stories, has devoted too much emotion, Beijing Paralympics has made extremely deep impression. In Beijing Paralympics, the disabled athlete surmounts one’s own limit, makes the human victory again and again. The Beijing Paralympics is a result of the whole human civilization, is the intelligent crystallization of the whole mankind, it is a symbol of the whole mankind progress, it is classics that the whole mankind write together.
1. A letter to the Future

2. 600,000 slice red maple leaf drop from the sky

3. London 8 minutes

4. The deaf girl Yi Mei like an angel

5. “Bird Nest” fireworks

6. Beijing Paralympics mascot: Fu Niu Lele

Hi. Thank you for the report on the Paralympics’ Closing Ceremony. I wish to lodge my objection to the use of the phrase “deaf and dumb” in your report. Modern definition of dumb is stupid and Deaf people are not stupid. The old definition of dumb is mute but not all Deaf people are mute! Please in future just use the term deaf. Thanks!
Thank you for your advice very much!