Beijing Olympics 2022 Opening Ceremony - See 100 Photos of the Spectacle!

The opening ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics has happened and we have tons of great photos from the event.

The opening ceremony took place at the Beijing National Stadium on Friday evening (February 4) in Beijing, China.

Seven torchbearers carried six torches in the final torch relay and they were all Chinese winter sport athletes born in different decades. The last torch was shared by two 2022 Olympians who lit the cauldron together – cross-country skier Yilamujiang Dinigeer and Nordic Combined athlete Zhao Jiawen.

If you didn’t know, Beijing is now the first city to host both the Summer and the Winter Olympics. The city previously hosted the summer games in 2008.

“To honour Beijing’s status as the world’s first city to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics, the 2022 torch features a similar design to the 2008 Games’ main cauldron, which resembled a giant scroll, highlighting the Olympic spirit’s legacy in the Chinese capital,” a statement read.

Click through the gallery for 100 photos from the opening ceremony…