--- title: Beijing Shows Flying Pandas at Olympic 2018 Closing Ceremony description: Beijing, the host of the 2022 Winter Olympics, brought glowing pandas and the internet can't get enough. canonical: https://time.com/5174878/beijing-pandas-olympics-2018/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-26T02:32:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:54.578Z og:title: The Internet Loves Beijing's Pandas at the Olympics og:description: These games are going to be lit og:url: https://time.com/5174878/beijing-pandas-olympics-2018/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt542db0a2ea2ea7a5/698928de8fd2ee3fb135ad28/beijing-flying-pandas-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: OLY-2018-PYEONGCHANG-CLOSING og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Loves Beijing's Pandas at the Olympics twitter:description: These games are going to be lit twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt542db0a2ea2ea7a5/698928de8fd2ee3fb135ad28/beijing-flying-pandas-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Your 2022 Winter Olympics Host Lit Up the Internet With Glowing Flying Pandas  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 26, 2018 2:32 AM UTC  Entertainers dressed as pandas perform during the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Pyeongchang Stadium on February 25, 2018\. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE (Photo credit should read LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images) Entertainers dressed as pandas perform during the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Pyeongchang Stadium on February 25, 2018\. / AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE (Photo credit should read LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images)LOIC VENANCE—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 26, 2018 2:32 AM UTC The [2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony](http://time.com/5172860/ivanka-trump-winter-olympics-closing-ceremony/) in [PyeongChang, South Korea](http://time.com/5070315/winter-olympics-2018-location/) provided all of the countries who participated in [this year’s Olympic games](http://time.com/5169066/final-medal-count-2018-winter-olympics/) to show off their national pride; one country, in particular, however, took it to the next level with a dazzling show of glowing pandas that flew. Beijing, China, the host of the next Winter Olympic Games in 2022, debuted a giant pair of illuminated pandas that not only danced while roller skating in a fantastic roller-disco, but also took to the air. As might be expected, the Internet exploded with plenty of feelings about the dancing and flying glowing pandas at the Olympic closing ceremony and took to social media to sound off about it. **This viewer couldn’t wait for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.** > [](https://twitter.com/NormanHermant/status/967736569263153152) **While another loved the roller disco feel of the performance.** > [](https://twitter.com/robholley/status/967736015598379008) **This viewer was amazed by the pandas’ feat-filled appearance.** > [](https://twitter.com/johnleicester/status/967738123688931328) **And this viewer couldn’t believe that the pandas were flying.** > [](https://twitter.com/qwertyNiccs/status/967737206973480960) **The Internet was made for flying pandas, apparently.** > [](https://twitter.com/goldie%5Ffm/status/967740335789977601) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5174878/beijing-pandas-olympics-2018/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5174878/beijing-pandas-olympics-2018/"},"headline":"Your 2022 Winter Olympics Host Lit Up the Internet With Glowing Flying Pandas","datePublished":"2018-02-26T02:32:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:54.578Z","description":"These games are going to be lit","url":"https://time.com/5174878/beijing-pandas-olympics-2018/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Winter Olympics","2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt542db0a2ea2ea7a5/698928de8fd2ee3fb135ad28/beijing-flying-pandas-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt542db0a2ea2ea7a5/698928de8fd2ee3fb135ad28/beijing-flying-pandas-olympics-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"OLY-2018-PYEONGCHANG-CLOSING","caption":"OLY-2018-PYEONGCHANG-CLOSING","creditText":"LOIC VENANCE—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5174878/beijing-pandas-olympics-2018/","name":"Your 2022 Winter Olympics Host Lit Up the Internet With Glowing Flying Pandas"}}]}] ```