20 scenic spots in Chengdu are waiting for the flame.
"Sitting in a chair on the balcony, making a cup of fragrant tea, holding the latest digital SLR camera in hand, waiting for the emergence of the torch relay army." I believe this is the greatest wish of many people who are eager to witness the Olympic torch relay. Therefore, the arrangement of the torch relay route has become an important suspense for countless citizens in Chengdu, Guang 'an, Mianyang, Guanghan, Leshan, Zigong and Yibin.
The torch relay is the most complicated activity arrangement in Sichuan's history, involving a large number of citizens, long lines and extremely difficult security. Because of safety and other factors, most cities do not disclose detailed torch relay route arrangements. However, with the approach of the Olympic Games, some cities began to gradually open and transmit information based on the needs of the Olympic Games.
The route of the Beijing torch relay has been initially made public recently. It is reported that the three-day Beijing torch relay will pass through 18 districts and counties and 56 scenic spots, and the final relay route will constitute the Chinese character "He" symbolizing a harmonious journey.
It is understood that the torch relay route in Sichuan has been basically determined. In Chengdu, the relay route will pass through more than 20 scenic spots. According to relevant analysis, Jinsha, Du Fu Caotang, Wuhou Temple, Wenshuyuan, Hejiang Pavilion, Qintai Road and Tianfu Square should all be covered. The total distance of the torch relay route in Chengdu will reach nearly 38 kilometers. The relay distance of each torchbearer is more than 200 meters. The torch relay will last for 6 hours. In other words, in a considerable part of the city, citizens can enjoy the fun brought by the Olympic torch relay without leaving home.
Focus 2
How to ignite "harmony between man and nature"?
In what way will the Beijing Olympic Games light the flame? Zhang Yimou "miserly" revealed that the way of ignition would be "harmony between man and nature". Because the ignition scheme of the opening ceremony is top secret, only 10 people know the specific way of "harmony between man and nature".
Zhang Yimou's idea is to use the whole stadium to conceive according to the characteristics of the "Bird's Nest" to achieve "harmony between man and nature", and the lighting ceremony pushed this idea to the extreme. Zhang Yimou revealed, "According to the creativity of the ignition method, we specially put our things in the' Bird's Nest'."
At the opening ceremony of previous Olympic Games, the success of the ignition ceremony often becomes an important criterion for people to evaluate the success of the opening ceremony of an Olympic Games.
In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the spindle-shaped main torch completed the final ignition action with the rotating shaft, illuminating the night sky in the Aegean Sea. At the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000, the moment Freeman stepped into the water surprised everyone, but the scene of "fire and water blending" remained in everyone's memory forever.
In Atlanta from 65438 to 0996, the trembling arm of the old boxing champion Ali completed the ultimate mission of the torch, and humanistic care became one of the most talked-about topics in that Olympic Games.
In Barcelona, when the original archery method lit the main torch, it won amazing praise.
Will the Beijing Olympic Games be presented in a retro, traditional, humanistic, technological or alternative way? I believe this is the most exciting suspense of the Olympic Games.
Concern three
Flame, how to climb Mount Everest?
In the timetable of the Olympic torch relay, only the time to climb Mount Everest is unclear. Because the torch's summit depends not only on the ability of climbers, but also on the weather on the day of the summit, this rare Everest operation must be "weather-dependent".
Whether the torch can reach the summit of Mount Everest actually contains two suspense: First, what difficulties will climbers actually encounter in the Everest operation? Second, can the torch be lit smoothly in Everest?
Our reporter Liu Jian, who once climbed Mount Everest, said, "Success in climbing Mount Everest depends on many factors, such as psychology, body, altitude adaptability, weather forecast, weather conditions and so on." He predicted that "the Everest operation will be successful."
At present, the climbing route of the torch to Everest has been repeatedly tested. China mountaineering team has successfully established a base camp at 7028 meters above sea level and a camp at 7790 meters above sea level, and successfully reached the summit in May last year. Testers announced that the worldwide problem that "the Olympic torch burns in the extreme environment of Mount Everest" has been overcome.
According to the plan, the team of torchbearers who have reached the summit of Mount Everest will choose a day in May this year to carry out the torch summit when Mount Everest has the conditions to reach the summit. The torchbearers responsible for climbing Mount Everest will all be members of the national mountaineering team.
Although all preparations have been made at present, it is still difficult to determine whether nature will be naughty and affect our actions. Can the torch burn under special climatic conditions such as low temperature, strong wind, low pressure and lack of oxygen? Did you climb Mount Everest successfully? Many suspense will be revealed in May.
Focus on four
Who will finally light the main torch?
On the evening of August 8, 2008, who will light the main torch platform of Beijing Olympic Games in the Bird's Nest? Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice chairman of BOCOG, once said that the identity of the last torchbearer is one of the important suspense of the Olympic Games and will not be revealed until the last moment. Our reporter recently interviewed Zhu Hong, vice minister of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games. The other party only revealed that "the igniter will be a world-class sports star."
Domestic players who meet this requirement, Liu Xiang and Yao Ming have the highest voice. However, it is still difficult to judge whether Liu Xiang and Yao Ming will really become the last torchbearers. Retired famous players like Xu Haifeng and Deng Yaping also have strong competitive qualifications.
Xu Haifeng is a famous shooter. He won the first Olympic gold medal for China with 1984. The breakthrough of zero made him an iconic figure in sports in China. Deng Yaping, another famous table tennis player, is the China athlete who won the most Olympic gold medals. After retiring, she worked in the International Olympic Committee. Some media said, "Do not rule out the possibility of killing a dark horse."
Some people think that the final candidate is often not the candidate with the highest voice before. In 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the three most popular candidates for the main torchbearer were Sydney Olympic 200m champion Kenteris, three-time Olympic weightlifting gold medalist dimas and Greek football team captain Zago Rakis, but in the end, Atalanta Olympic sailing gold medalist Kalamanakis raised the last torch.
Will the 2008 Olympic Games bring us surprises?
Pay attention to five
What are the highlights of China?
Different cities have different Olympic concepts, and different torch relay methods have been born.
1952 During the Oslo Winter Olympics, Norwegian skiers used skiing to carry the torch. 1976 During the torch relay of the Montreal Olympic Games, Canada completed the Olympic torch relay from Athens to Ottawa by satellite in order to show its scientific and technological capabilities. In the Albertville 1992 Winter Olympics torch relay, the supersonic Concorde was used in the torch relay from Athens to Paris.
In addition to the above-mentioned air relay methods, during the torch relay of 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, Americans also carried out the torch relay with the help of historically significant means of transportation, such as Indian canoes, post horses for express delivery, steamboats on the Mississippi River, and the world's first transcontinental Union Pacific Railway, which fully demonstrated its unique cultural connotation.
In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, camels were used to carry the torch in the desert area of central Australia, and the first underwater torch relay was held on the famous Great Barrier Reef. These refreshing ways have brought novelty and surprise to the world.
The torch relay began to enter the motherland on May 4, and it is still unknown what kind of relay mode cities will adopt. We can only wait and see whether the torch will be remembered by the world during its relay in China.
The interesting story of the Olympic flame
The satellite was transmitted to Montreal, Canada on 1976. The host ingeniously "played" with high technology. After the flame arrived in Athens, it took only half a second to be transmitted by laser to a satellite in space, and then reflected to Ottawa, the capital of Canada, for short-distance transmission. However, this practice has been criticized because it violates the creativity of the traditional torch relay.
Toll 1984 arrived in Los Angeles, and the United States introduced commercial mechanisms into the torch relay. Organizers set a route of 1 10,000 kilometers in the United States. As long as you pay $3,000, the applicant can take part in the relay of 1 km and get a torch souvenir. Although this practice raised 30 million dollars for the organizing Committee, it was banned because of many opponents.
Baby Relay 1988 Seoul, South Korea, 10 Babies born in 1988 and their mothers send the torch to their destination, which is also the torch relay with the largest number of participants and the youngest number of participants in history.
The torch was robbed in Sydney in 2000. Before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, when the torchbearer was marching along the seaside with the torch, an audience suddenly rushed out, grabbed the torch and threw it into the sea. Fortunately, the security guards arrived in time to recapture the torch.
2 1 (1976) Montreal. Five days before the closing of the Olympic Games, a heavy rain lasting more than 20 minutes doused the flame on the torch platform. Upon seeing this, the on-site supervisor rushed to the flame platform in the rain, took out a lighter from his pocket and rekindled the flame. The Torch Committee finally decided that the torch lit with a lighter was invalid. Immediately, a fire was taken from the safety light in the center of the venue and the flame was rekindled.
Skyfall Torch 1994 At the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, an athlete with a torch jumped off the plane with a parachute on his back.