page_title: 2014 Asian Games opening ceremony
section_title: Parade of Nations
hierarchical_section_title: 2014 Asian Games opening ceremony / Parade of Nations
caption_attribution_description: English: 2014 Asian Games opening ceremony
context_page_description: The 2014 Asian Games opening ceremony was held on Friday, 19 September 2014 at the newly built Incheon Asiad Main Stadium. It began at 7:18 pm and ended at 10:20 pm Korea Standard Time. It was directed by renowned two Korean film directors: Im Kwon-taek who directed famous films such as Chunhyang and Sopyonje and Jang Jin who directed The Front Line. Entertainer Kim Seong-ju and KBS emcee Yun Su-yeong were the host of the ceremony.
context_section_description: During the Parade of Nations, athletes and officials from each participating country paraded in the Stadium preceded by their flag. Each flag bearer had been chosen either by the nation's National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves.
  Below is list of national flagbearer during the ceremony. The nations entered in alphabetic order of their country names in Korean. Whilst most countries entered under their short names, a few entered under more formal or alternative names, mostly due to political disputes. The Republic of China (commonly known as Taiwan) entered with the compromised name and flag of "Chinese Taipei" ("차이니스 타이페이", Chainiseu Taibei) under 타 so that they did not enter together with conflicting China, which entered as "중국" (Jungguk) under 중. North Korea entered as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (조선민주주의인민공화국, Joseon Minjujuui Inmin Gonghwaguk), separately from the host nation, South Korea (대한민국, Daehan Minguk) which entered last, dictated by tradition.
caption: China entering the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium
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