One of my favorite things that rock my world is to watch movies. I saw the trailer of the movie “Silk” which will be released this month. I wanted to know more about the history of Silk. Then I found the Silk Street, The Place, in Beijing. I know the movie is about a French man traveling in Japan and he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron. Nothing to do with Beijing, but the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is coming soon. As we all know, Olympic games will greatly stimulate economic development.
The Silk Street is a shopping center that can accommodates over 1,700 retail vendors. The street is very popular among the international tourists for their wide selection of counterfeit designer brand apparels. Two new retail centers is in development in Beijing’s central business district. You can see between those retail centers a huge suspended LED screen. Five individual displays have been combined to form the giant screen. It was built with an investment of RMB 250 million ($32 million). The Skyscreen is 250 m long and 30 m wide. It was designed by Jeremy Railton, president of Entertainment Design Corporation, who was designer of the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas.
I have added some videos from YouTube. I hope that will amaze your eyes!
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One day when I go to China, I’ll plan a trip to Silk Street so I can see this awesome Led Lit sky!
Thanks for sharing!