The historical moment arrived at about 11:00 a.m. of March 31, 2008, when the Olympic flame was escorted smoothly to the Tian'anmen Square from the Capital International Airport, throwing the people of all circles participating in the welcome ceremony at the Tian'anmen Square immediately into a sea of enthusiasm.

　　Drums beating, gongs clanging_… The heart-stirring sound of the beating gongs and drums aroused the crowd at the square to high feather. One child shouted loudly: "Mom, look! How impressive the gong and drum team is!" A foreign friend came up to Cheng Qinghua, a drummer, and gave him the thumbs-up.

　　Five days ago, the No. 15th Detachment of the Armed Police Beijing Contingent received the notice from the Beijing Organization Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG) asking the former to take on the responsibility of doing the on-site gong and drum performance at the welcome ceremony of Olympic flame and the ceremony for kicking off the relay of the Olympic torch. In response to the requirement for undertaking this honorable and arduous duty, the detachment selected 100 first-rate quality officers and men to make up a performance team the same day. Arduous was the task and pressing was the time, and yet, not a single one of them ever complained of hardship and fatigue.

　　The fabulous performance is the pay-off of their industrious efforts. When the performance was wrapped up successfully, Ding Baizhi, leader of the Mass Event Organization Group of the BOCOG, said, "The performance is superb!" The on-site director of the event shook the members' hands and said, "Your performance is wonderful and makes one of the shining points of the event. I would like to thank you on behalf of the BOCOG."

　　By Qi Xi

　　(Apr 1, PLA Daily)                                                      Editor: Ouyang Dongmei