The first torch in the history of the Winter Olympics was collected in Zhangjiakou?

　　(Winter Olympics asked "Ji") The first torch in the history of the Winter Olympics was collected in Zhangjiakou?

　　China News Service, Shijiazhuang, February 15th. In the Overseas Chinese Ice and Snow Museum in Chongli, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, one of the torches of the previous Winter Olympics in the collection is particularly precious. It is the torch of the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics in Norway.

This torch witnessed the first official lighting ceremony in the history of the Winter Olympics.

　　Since the Oslo Winter Olympics in Norway, the torch relay has officially become an important part of the Winter Olympics, and the torch has become the first torch in the history of the Winter Olympics.

It is silver throughout and consists of a cylindrical handle and a flat oval bowl.

The Winter Olympics, like the Summer Olympics, relayed the torch by relay, and a total of 94 torchbearers participated in the relay.

The picture shows the torch collected by the Chongli Overseas Chinese Ice and Snow Museum. Photo courtesy of the Chongli Overseas Chinese Ice and Snow Museum

　　But unlike the Summer Olympics, its fire was not collected from the ancient Olympia ruins in Greece, but from the fire at the former residence of Nuerheim, the father of Norwegian skiing.

People at the time believed that the Winter Olympics had no traditional connection with the ancient Olympics.

　　The collection of fire seeds for the Winter Olympics is in line with the Summer Olympics, starting with the 9th Innsbruck Winter Olympics in 1964.

Since this Winter Olympics, the fire has come from the ancient Olympia ruins in Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games.

(Organized by Pei Guorong and Li Xiaowei)