The launching ceremony of the torch relay for Hangzhou Station of the19th Asian Games will be held in Jinyong Park Square, West Lake, Hangzhou on the morning of September 8th. After that, the torch of the Hangzhou Asian Games will be carried in Huzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Lishui, Jinhua and Quzhou in turn, and will return to Hangzhou on September 20th to complete the last leg of the relay.
The Olympic torch relay originated from a religious ceremony in ancient Athens, when people made sacrifices to the moon. On the day of summer solstice, believers of Zeus who went on a pilgrimage to Athens ran a race to decide who would light the flame on the altar.
The winner is authorized to take the torch from the high priest and light the sacred flame on the altar. On June 23rd, 2023, BOCOG announced the torch relay route of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
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From May 1928 to August 12, the 9th Summer Olympic Games was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. At the beginning of the official opening ceremony, salutes were fired and planes flew over the venue in formation. Before the end of the meeting, the tower in the venue was burning with flames. The fire of the flame was taken from Olympia. For the first time, a concentrator was used to collect sunlight and light the torch.
Then it passes through Greece, Yugoslavia, Austria and Germany, and finally reaches the host country. This is the first time that this kind of activity has been held in the Olympic Games.
According to many historical records, today's Olympic torch relay started from this session, probably because of this. But it was not until 1934 that the IOC officially decided to hold this ceremony at the opening ceremony from the 11th session. Therefore, to be precise, the burning of the Olympic flame should start from 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
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The Olympic torch relay originated from a religious ceremony in ancient Athens, when people made sacrifices to the moon. On the day of summer solstice, believers of Zeus who went on a pilgrimage to Athens ran a race to decide who would light the flame on the altar.
The winner is authorized to take the torch from the high priest and light the sacred flame on the altar. According to historical records, in 778 BC, in the first known Olympic Games, a man named Karabos won the competition and was honored to light the flame.