The curtains were brought down on a memorable Asian Games with the celebration of the athletes' stupendous feats and China's cultural heritage at a colourful and technologically mesmerising closing ceremony on Sunday. A festive atmosphere descended on the 80,000 capacity 'Big Lotus' Stadium in the 75-minute show of light, sound and laser with the athletes of the 45 participating countries bidding farewell after more than two weeks of intense sporting competition. The closing ceremony was a celebration of sports and culture, and it sought to realise a harmonic convergence of 'Culture and Sports'. Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) acting chief Randhir Singh declared the 19th edition of the Asian Games closed in the presence of Chinese premier Li Qiang and other dignitaries.