China's most famous film director Zhang Yimou has flown to Athens to prepare a show for the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympics.

The eight-minute show will come after the handover of the Olympic flag to the Beijing Olympic Committee.

Zhang Yimou and his team started to select the actors and actresses two months ago, just after the release of his new film "House of Flying Daggers."

This is the second time that the director has worked on an Olympics-related program. He has shot the promotional film for Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympics.

(Xinhua)

handover: act of relinquishing property or authority（移交）

promotional: of or relating to serving as publicity（宣傳的，促進的）