The origin of the Olympic flame

The origin of the Olympic Games and the origin of the Olympic flame Olympic Games

In 776 BC, the Greeks stipulated that a sports meeting should be held in Olympia every four years. During the sports meeting, all Greek athletes and nearby citizens gathered in Olympia, a scenic town in southern Greece. In 776 BC, the first Olympic Games was held here, and Dorian Klose won the 192.27 meter sprint. He became the first winner of the first event in the International Olympic Games. Later, the scale of the ancient Greek Games gradually expanded and became a grand event to show the national spirit. The winner of the competition won laurel, wild olive and palm braid. ...

The Olympics is a religious festival in ancient Greece, held every four years. When festivals come, people hold competitions and other activities in Olympia. In 776 BC, the first Olympic Games was held in Olympia, Greece. At first, only a few nearby city-states participated, and then it gradually expanded, so that the Greek colonial city-states far away in the Black Sea also enthusiastically participated in the competition. The main events of the competition are race walking, armed competition, gladiator and chariot competition. Winners get laurel or olive crowns, have the right to erect an image, and their city-states are proud of it.

Poets and speakers also took part in the competition. Poets published their works, and speakers also congratulated them. In order to ensure the holding of the Games, all Greek countries agreed to stop fighting during the Games. The Games promoted the formation of Greek unified culture and strengthened the unity of all ethnic groups in Greece. The modern international Olympic Games inherited its tradition, hence its name.

After ancient Greece was occupied by the Roman Empire, the Roman emperor thought that the Olympic Games were pagan activities, so he banned the Olympic Games in 394 AD. Until June 1894, the first international sports conference held in Paris passed a resolution to restore the Olympic Games, and the International Olympic Committee was established.

The first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens on 1896, and then held every four years. Three of them were interrupted by the world war, but the number of sessions is still counted in order.

With the progress of the world, the Olympic Games has become a grand event every four years, a festival for people all over the world, and a concrete manifestation of the comprehensive national strength of the host country and the people all over the world's yearning for peace. 200 1 China successfully won the right to host the 29th Olympic Games in 2008. The 28th Olympic Games this year will be held in Athens, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games.

[Origin of the Olympic "Flame"]

The Olympic flame first appeared at the Amsterdam Olympic Games in 1928. Of course, Coubertin put forward this idea, but it was limited to lighting the flame on the fountain tray near the stadium.

The flame of the Athens Olympic Games will be lit on March 25th, which is a grand ceremony of the Olympic Games and a tradition that has continued since 1936.

At noon on March 25th, the priestess in white robes will come to the center of Olympia site to light the Olympic flame, thus opening the prelude of Athens Olympic Games. The Olympic flame will then travel all over five continents, "visit" 2 1 cities that once hosted the Olympic Games, and finally return to Athens Olympic Stadium on August 1 1.

Regarding the origin of this little-known ceremony, people will never forget Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games. He once outlined a blueprint, that is, to build a sports competition different from other forms, which can bring people together, and more importantly, it can continue. It can make people who participate in the competition and those who cheer for the players feel the interest of sports, unity and friendship, and even modesty. Slogans, signs, flags, vows and parades can't be ignored to make the Olympic Games unique. The famous Olympic flame and its relay are indispensable. As an attached Olympic flame, it became one of the most anticipated events in the whole Olympic movement during the Olympic Games.

The Olympic flame first appeared at the Amsterdam Olympic Games in 1928. Of course, Coubertin put forward this idea, but it was limited to lighting the flame on the fountain tray near the stadium. This new thing did not attract people's attention at that time, and the media commented on it only a few words. German Carl Dimm is very interested in this. He participated in 1896 Athens Olympic Games and 19 12 Stockholm Olympic Games. He was not only a historian and scholar in ancient Greece, but also a member of the German Olympic Committee, and later served as the secretary-general of the Berlin Olympic Organizing Committee.

Starting from 1934, Coubertin and Count Henri de Bayette-latour, who succeeded him as the president of the International Olympic Games, expressed their support for holding the preparatory ceremony in Olympia. What is more satisfying is that they adopted Tim's idea and passed the Olympic flame lit here to Berlin through specially selected messengers. 1June, 935, Germany plans to publish it in five different languages. The Olympic torch has traveled 3050 kilometers and crossed seven countries. * * * 336 1 people took part in the torch relay. The first one to carry the torch was the Greek Konstantin Kondylis, and the last one was German1500m runner Fritz Schilgen. During the torch relay, there were many celebrations. As many as 20,000 people greeted the flame when it entered Germany. The Olympic flame continued like this.

With the approval of the International Olympic Committee, the Beijing Olympic flame will be lit according to the traditional ceremony in Olympia, Greece on March 25th, 2008. From March 25th to 30th, 2008, the torch relay was held in Greece. On March 30th, 2008, the torch handover ceremony was held at the Pan-Athens Stadium in Greece (1896, the venue of the first modern Olympic Games). On March 3rd, 2008, a ceremony was held in Beijing to welcome the flame into China and start the torch relay. The following is the delivery time and planned route table:

Time-series cities

March 25-30, 2008 Greek transmission 0 1 Greece

March 3, 20081International Relay 02 Almaty (Kazakhstan)

Istanbul (Turkey)

St Petersburg, Russia

London (UK)

06 Paris (France)

07 San Francisco (USA)

Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

10 Muscat (Oman)

1 1 Islamabad (Pakistan)

12 Mumbai (India)

13 Bangkok (Thailand)

14 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

15 Jakarta (Indonesia)

16 Canberra (Australia)

17 Nagano (Japan)

18 Seoul (Korea)

19 Pyongyang (DPRK)

Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)

Domestic Transmission 2 1 Taibei (Taiwan Province Province)

22 Hong Kong

23 Macao

Sanya, Wuzhishan, Wanning and Haikou (Hainan)

Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Huizhou and Shantou (Guangdong)

Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Xiamen and Longyan (Fujian)

Ruijin, Jinggangshan and Nanchang (Jiangxi)

Wenzhou, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Shaoxing and Jiaxing (Zhejiang)

29 Shanghai

Suzhou, Nantong, Taizhou, Yangzhou and Nanjing (Jiangsu)

3 1 Hefei, Huainan, Wuhu, Jixi and Huangshan (Anhui)

32 Wuhan, Yichang and Jingzhou (Hubei)

Yueyang, Changsha and Shaoshan (Hunan)

Guilin, Nanning and Baise (Guangxi)

Kunming, Lijiang and Shangri-La (Yunnan)

Guiyang, Kaili and Zunyi (Guizhou)

37 Chongqing

Guang 'an, Mianyang, Guanghan, Leshan, Zigong, Yibin and Chengdu (Sichuan)

39 Shannan region of Lhasa, Tibet

40 Golmud, Qinghai Lake and Xining (Qinghai)

4 1 Urumqi, Kashgar, Shihezi and Changji (Xinjiang)

Dunhuang, Jiayuguan, Jiuquan, Tianshui and Lanzhou (Gansu)

43 Zhongwei, Wuzhong and Yinchuan (Ningxia)

Yan 'an, Yangling, Xianyang and Xi 'an (Shaanxi)

Yuncheng, Pingyao, Taiyuan and Datong (Shanxi)

Hohhot, Ordos, Baotou and Chifeng (Inner Mongolia)

Qiqihar, Daqing and Harbin (Heilongjiang)

48 Songyuan, Changchun, Jilin and Yanji (Jilin)

Shenyang, Benxi, Liaoyang, Anshan and Dalian (Liaoning)

Yantai, Weihai, Qingdao, Rizhao, Linyi, Qufu, Taian and Jinan (Shandong)

5 1 Shangqiu, Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, Luoyang and Anyang (Henan)

Shijiazhuang, Qinhuangdao and Tangshan (Hebei)

53 Tianjin

54 Beijing