迎奥运促和谐 （英文版）

A flame was lit during the entire event of the Olympics during the ancient Olympic Game known as the Olympic Flame.

A new flame is lit using a parabolic mirror to focus the rays of the Sun at the ancient Olympic Stadium in Olympia, Ellis, Greece. The Flame is then transported to the host city where the last runner lights the large Olympic Cauldron by it and this burns throughout the Games. The Flame is extinguished during the closing ceremony. The Olympic Flame was first lit during the opening ceremony of the IX Olympic Games at Amsterdam, Netherlands in 1928.

The first Olympic Torch Relay occurred at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games