Few people know that the Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece more than 2,000 years ago. It was named after Olympia, the ancient Olympic Games. The Frenchman Coubertin proposed the initiative of the Modern Olympic Games in the late 19th century. The Olympic Committee was established in 1894, the first Olympic Games was held in 1896, the first Winter Olympics was held in 1924, the first Paralympic Games was held in 1960, the first Youth Olympic Games was held in 2010, and the first Youth Olympic Games was held in 2012. 

Olympic Flame Symbolizes Peace, Light, Unity &Friendship

The Olympic flame first appeared in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. At that time, Coubertin proposed this idea, but it was limited to igniting the flame on a fountain plate near the stadium.

The ritual of the ancient Olympic Games igniting the flames originated from the myth that ancient Greeks had stolen fire from heaven. Before the statue of Zeus in Olympia, the fire was ignited on the altar according to religious rituals, and then the torch was run across the city-states to convey the Olympic Games. The message that is about to begin, the city-states must have a truce, forget the hatred and war, and actively prepare to participate in the Olympic Games, so the torch symbolizes the meaning of peace, light, unity and friendship.

In 1920, the Antwerp Olympic Games ignited a flame symbolizing peace in order to commemorate the end of the war; in 1928, a flame was burned on a tower during the Amsterdam Olympics, and the fire was taken by the Olympics with a condenser. In 1934, the International Olympic Committee confirmed the igniting ceremony and held a fire ceremony in Olympia on July 20, 1936, the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

The 2008 Olympic flame was taken from Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world.

The Olympic flame has continued to this day.

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很少有人知道，奥林匹克运动会发源于两千多年前的古希腊，因举办地在奥林匹亚而得名，那是古代奥林匹克运动会。法国人顾拜旦于19世纪末提出举办现代奥林匹克运动会的倡议。1894年成立奥委会，1896年举办了首届奥运会，1924年举办了首届冬奥会，1960年举办了首届残奥会，2010年举办了首届青奥会，2012年举办了首届青冬奥会。

奥运圣火首次出现是在1928年阿姆斯特丹奥运会。当时是顾拜旦提出了这一想法，但仅限于在体育场附近的一个喷泉盛水盘上点燃圣火。

古代奥林匹克运动会点燃圣火的仪式，起源于古希腊人类自上天盗取火种的神话，在奥林匹亚宙斯（Zeus）神像前，按宗教的仪式在祭坛上点燃火种，然后持火炬跑遍各城邦，传达奥运会即将开始的讯息，各城邦必须休战，忘掉仇恨与战争，积极准备参加奥运会的竞技比赛，因此火炬象征着和平、光明、团结与友谊等意义。

1920年，安特卫普奥运会为了纪念战争结束，燃点了象征和平的火焰；1928年，阿姆斯特丹奥运会期间在一座高塔上燃烧着火焰，而且火种由奥林匹克以聚光镜取得。1934年，国际奥委会确认燃点圣火仪式并于1936年07月20日在奥林匹亚举行了取火仪式，即1936年柏林奥运会。

2008年的奥运圣火取自于珠穆朗玛峰，也就是世界最高峰取的火种。

奥运圣火一直延续至今。

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