What does the torch mean?

The traditional torch symbolizes light and enlightenment.

The Olympic torch symbolizes light, courage, unity and friendship. The Olympic torch has become a symbol of the Olympic movement, which brings people of different colors together for the same goal.

The torch of the Beijing Olympic Games is elegant and gorgeous, with rich connotation and strong China characteristics, which harmoniously combines China culture with the Olympic spirit. The concept of "origin and harmony" contained in it is a unique interpretation of the Olympic spirit and the connotation of the Olympic flame.

The integration of China elements such as auspicious clouds, lacquer red, paper rolls, etc. makes the ancient oriental civilization and the modern Olympic spirit perfectly combined again, and shines brilliantly.

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The significance and transmission of the Beijing Olympic flame;

One route, one fire, the Olympic Games maintains the purity of the Olympic flame with strict tradition. The person in charge of the Beijing Olympic Torch Relay Center said in an interview that the torch relay can only use the flame collected by the Olympic Games, and multiple relays are not allowed at the same time.

The Olympic flame is usually lit in front of the temple of Hera in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, a few months before the opening of the Olympic Games.

The way to collect the sacred flame follows the tradition of ancient Greece. The only way to collect the Olympic flame is for the chief priestess to recite the eulogy to the sun god in front of the Hera Temple in Olympia, and then concentrate the sunlight in the center of concave mirror to generate high temperature and light the flame. The whole process was solemn and solemn, and there was no crowd watching.

After the flame was lit, it was placed in an ancient brazier and brought to the altar of the ancient Olympic Games by the chief priestess, showing the flame to the people waiting there and lighting the torch in the hands of the first torchbearer. Start its tour of the Olympic host city.

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