On October 18, 2021, on the eve of the 100-day countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics, the flames of the Winter Olympic Games were successfully collected at the ancient Olympia site in the Peloponnese Peninsula of Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games. Slowly raising flags, raging fires, olive branches symbolizing peace and glory...
The famous Greek actress Sanssi Giorgiou, who plays the highest priestess, ignites the fire
At 11:30 local time, as the Olympic anthem sounded over the ruins of the ancient Olympia Hera Temple, the Olympic five-ring flag was slowly raised. Subsequently, the Chinese national anthem and the Greek national anthem were played on the spot, and the national flags of the two countries were raised respectively. More than two thousand years ago, a Silk Road has connected the two ancient civilizations of China and Greece, and today, the Olympic Games once again closely link Greece and China!
Tinder gathering is an iconic event in the Olympic Movement. At the ancient Olympic Games, people lit fires in honor of Prometheus, who stole fire for mankind in ancient Greek mythology. In the history of the modern Olympic Games, tinder was first introduced in 1928, and tindering began at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The national road immigrants learned that at the beginning of the sacred fire gathering ceremony, the high priestess recited a hymn to the sun god in front of the temple of Hera, and then followed the ancient Greek tradition of concentrating the sunlight in the center of the concave mirror, producing a high temperature to ignite the sacred fire.
After the successful collection of the sacred flame, the fire was placed in an ancient brazier and taken by the High Priestess to the altar inside the ancient Olympic stadium. In front of the 2,500-year-old temple site in Greece, the High Priestess Sansi Georgiou passed the torch and the olive branch symbolizing peace and glory to the first torchbearer, the Greek alpine skier Ioannis Antoniou, who "flew" the torch of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Greek alpine skier Giannis Antonio (left)
After traveling to the Monument to the founder of the modern Olympic Games, Antonio Wu passed the Beijing Winter Olympics torch to China's short-track speed skater Li Jiajun.
Former Chinese short track speed skater Li Jiajun (left) and Greek alpine skier Janis Antoneu
For epidemic prevention reasons, the Flame of the Beijing Winter Olympics will not be transmitted on a large scale in Greece, but will be transported directly to Athens. Our national highway immigrant colleagues in Greece told us that today the Greek Olympic Committee will pass the torch to the delegation of the Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee after the 3-stick torch relay at the Marble Stadium in Athens (Panacinneko Stadium). The flame will then be taken by special plane from Athens International Airport to Beijing.
IOC President Bach said at the gathering ceremony that Beijing will write history as the first city ever to host both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will connect Chinese people with the world, realize the vision of 300 million people participating in ice and snow sports, and change the history of winter sports forever. As China welcomes its best winter athletes, the world will see China's passion.
IOC President Thomas Bach delivered a speech
Yes, Beijing will write history, and when the world's best athletes strive to achieve great results in the Winter Olympics, Beijing will once again write a glorious page in the history of the Olympics. Although the number of people arriving at the Olympic tinder collection site due to the epidemic is limited, the scene of the ignition of the tinder will once again bring hope to the world.
The Olympic flame is a noble symbol of the Olympic spirit, and for thousands of years, the sacred flame has transmitted the light of light, unity, friendship, peace and justice to the whole world. Thirteen years later, the Olympic flame was once again lit for Beijing, riding the torch of the Beijing Winter Olympics, connecting the ancient Greek civilization and Chinese civilization. With the recent "Year of Greek Culture and Tourism in China" event, the relations between the two countries will also steadily enter a new level. Let us all look forward to the spark of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics to burn more passionately and warm this winter.
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