Chinese in big party of farewell at Beijing Olympics′ perfect end

tearfullaughter，prideandreliefwerefillingintheheartofmillionsofchinesewatchingthebigfarewell"party"inbeijingsnationalstadium，orbirdsnest，sundayevening.

thenightatmetropolisshanghaidowntownxujiahuiwaslitupevenbrighterbytheglitteringolympicclosingceremonybeingdisplayedonthebigscreen.

"iwanttorememberthismostbeautifulmomentforever，"saidluqian，ayounglocalgirlhavingherphototakeninfrontofthebigscreen.aroundher，localswerecrowdedinthesquareandevenontheoverpasses，crazilycheeringasifcelebratingabigfestival.

"theolympicsopeningceremonywasverydazzling，showcasingthecharismaofthechinesepeople.theclosingceremonyalsohasitsowncharmwithitspeacefullandjoyfulatmosphere，"saidshenyue，astudentmajoredinvisualartofshanghai-basedfudanuniversityandalsovolunteerfortheolympics.

shanghairecruitedmorethan1，000volunteersforthegames，95percentofwhomarecollegestudents.

"wetookdeeppridefromprovidingservicefortheolympics，"saidzhangxiao，headoftheshanghaiolympicvolunteers.

ontheclosingceremony，representativesofvolunteerswerepresentedflowersbyathletesamidthunderousapplausefromtheaudienceinthecenterofbirdsnest.

youngvolunteersinbeijingwerewatchingthismomentinthesquareoftheolympicvillage，fromabigscreen.theirworkhadnotfinishedyet.

"tearsarecomingtomyeyes.idontwantthegamestoend，"saidwangbin，avolunteerfrombeijinglanguageandcultureuniversity，"ireallywishthattimecouldbebackto16daysago."

thousandsofmilesawayfromtheolympichostcity，ablabekriwassittingalongwithhistwochildrenunderabigscreeninthebiggestcitysquareinkashiofchinasnorthwestxinjianguygurautonomousregion.

sincetheolympicopeningonaug.8，thefamilyhadbeentothissquarewatchingthelivebroadcastofolympicseventsalmosteveryevening.thiseveningtheycamespeciallyfortheclosingceremony.

"kidslovesportandgames.thiseveningwewanttocelebratewitheveryonehere，"hesaid.