The Greek priestesses wore clothes that seemed to be composed of rows and rows of closely spaced strips of cloth, so why was it styled this way?

The English expression for the clothes worn by the Greek priestesses was chiton, a term of Latin origin, which has two meanings when simply translated into Chinese

: 1. a kind of shirt; 2. a kind of shell.

Actually a chiton is a corseted robe, which was a traditional garment of the ancient Greeks. Typically, knee-length ones were worn by men, while full-length ones were worn by women. When wearing such a garment, it was usually tied around the body with a very long band, either under the chest (called a "high chiton") or around the waist (called a "low chiton"), or sometimes both. It is usually worn with a huge cloak (a square piece of fabric that is draped over the left shoulder and wrapped around the body), and when worn alone it is known as a "monochiton", the heel-length ones as "chiton poderes When worn alone, it was called a "monochiton", long enough to reach the heel was called a "chiton poderes", and longer ones became "chiton syrtos".

The white robe worn by the High Priestess at the 2008 Beijing Olympics flame-gathering ceremony was a combination of "high" and "low" bunches.

Fit male priests, they also wore white dresses, with the priestess costumes differed only in that the skirt was short to the knee, the chest did not cross the two white bands. The priestesses of Greek antiquity wore no upper garment, but simply placed their hands on their breasts.

And modern priestesses wear garments made of fine fabrics such as silk and linen, suitable for long storage.

The long white dresses worn by the priestesses had a name, based on sculptures and frescoes from archaeological excavations. This kind of linen fabric is now only produced in Greece, a specialized institute, it is no difference in the density of the textile and ancient Greece, wearing a thick sense of fall, not only elegant but also very comfortable.

In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games flame collection ceremony on the ritual clothing, had been the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympic Games flame collection ceremony actors through, after this ceremony may also be the next Olympic flame collection ceremony continue to use.