![]() The Olympic flame will also be displayed at the sites of some Beijing 2022 TOP and local official partners, as well travel to different areas of the country known for their plentiful ice and snow resources with a strong history and culture of ice and snow sports. The three host zones of the Games Beijing’s city proper, Beijing’s Yanqing District and the city of Zhangjiakou in the neighboring Hebei Province will welcome this traditional relay. The relay is scheduled between February 2 (date of the opening of the Games) with the participation of 1,200 torchbearers. The flame then left for China where the relay continues until the start of the Games.ĭue to the current pandemic and the measures put in place to meet the prevention and control requirements, it was decided to reduce the length and duration of the traditional relay route, as well as the number of relay runners. The silk elements are also incorporated into the design of calligraphy art and the logo of the Great Wall.The flame was lit at the site of the Ancient Olympia in Greece on Octoand was passed to the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee the following day. Zhang Yulong, the head of the designing team for torch relay emblem, told the media that the idea comes from the image of phoenix, a sacred bird in ancient Chinese mythology that represents auspiciousness, harmony and peace. The flame lantern, torch relay logo, and torchbearer clothing, which combine elements of Chinese culture and Olympic snow and ice sports, were also on display at Wednesday's welcoming ceremony. The displays will be combined with the local festival activities, such as the "rime ice and snow festival," to drive the enthusiasm of the masses and promote the goal to "encourage 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports." The third stage of the flame display ceremony will take place in regions with rich ice and snow resources and solid foundation of winter sports, like Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Tianjin municipality. In consideration of the strong support of corporate sponsors for the Winter Olympic Games, the second stage of the torch display will be attended by some of the Olympic global partners and the official partners of the Beijing Winter Games, and combined with sponsors' public welfare projects. ![]() Global Times learned that the Olympic flame will first be displayed in Beijing's Olympic Tower and open to the public for free, in conjunction with the Olympic torch relay theme exhibition.Ĭhina's torch relay plan for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Editor: Shi Yue/GT Graphic: Feng Qingyin/GT Zhang Jiandong, the Executive Vice President of Beijing Organizing Committee, announced on Wednesday that the torch relay for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games will be carried out in the three host regions: Beijing urban area, Yanqing district, and Zhangjiakou in North China's Hebei Province.Ībout 1,200 torchbearers will take part in the relay from February 2 to 4, 2022, and the selection of the route is based on elements like ice and snow culture, historical culture and Great Wall culture, natural scenery, and city characteristics. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games told media that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the committee decided to put public health and safety first, streamlining the torch relay with more flame display activities online. Then the flame lamp of the sacred flame solemnly entered the Olympic Tower and lit the cauldron, filled with Chinese culture characters. The welcoming ceremony started with a video review of the flame lighting and handover ceremony held in Greece. Zhao Weichang, Li Yan, Yang Yang, sprinter Su. Inside the National Stadium, aka the Bird's Nest, the final torchbearers each represented a decade of birth from the 1950s and carried the first micro-flame used to light an Olympic cauldron. The Chinese capital gave the flame a lavish welcome at the Olympic Tower near the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium, and later unveiled a pared-down torch relay and display plan. The Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony on Friday (4 February) culminated in the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron. ![]() Photo: VCGThe Olympic flame for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games landed in Beijing on Wednesday morning from Athens, Greece. Photo: Courtesy of Beijing Organizing Committee for the Winter Olympic GamesĪ ceremony is held in Beijing on Octoto welcome the sacred flame ahead of the Winter Olympic Games.
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