2008北京奥运会开幕式总导演张艺谋在接受凤凰卫视主持人吴小莉的专访时透露,北京奥运会的开幕式,将由六个具有浓郁民族特色的板块构成:首先是演唱黄河大合唱。张艺谋认为,《黄河大合唱》是中国唯一的世界级优秀音乐家冼星海的作品,气势磅礴雄浑。其音乐旋律既有中国的民族特色,和声部分也借鉴了 Zhang Yimou, director of the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, told Wu Xiaoli, the host of the Phoenix Satellite TV, that the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games will consist of six sections with strong ethnic characteristics: the first is the concert of the Yellow River chorus. Zhang Yimou believes that the “Yellow River Chorus” is the only Chinese world-class musician Xian Xinghai’s work, magnificent and powerful. The music melody has both Chinese national characteristics and the harmony part also draws lessons from it