| Our country will be holding the 24th Winter Olympic Games at Beijing in 2022. The torch relay ceremony is one of the key parts in the Olympics, and one of key means to continue the Olympic tradition and pass on the Olympic culture. As the history of torch relay of the Winter Olympics is comparatively short, relevant research papers are not many. And I will study the impact of politics, humanitarian and cultural education, and business factors in the various periods on the ceremony of torch relay in historical sequence. This study will be of certain reference value to torch relay ceremony in our country’s 2022 Winter Olympic Games.This study is historical material that sorts out and records Winter Olympic Games relay ceremony. It is beneficial to increase public awareness of the Olympic Winter Games, enlarge the influence scale of dissemination.The paper utilizes document, interview, expert questionnaires and other research methods, and conducts comprehensive analysis and study on Winter Olympic Games torch relay ceremony, and comes to conclusion as below:1. Torch relay ceremony is an important component in Olympic culture. At the beginning, Winter Olympics did not pass on this tradition. It was not until 1952 at the 6th Oslo Winter Olympics that the torch relay ceremony began. At that time, the concept of torch relay was different from that of Summer Olympics. Such phenomenon was broke by Innsbruck Winter Olympics in 1964. From then on, kindling gather and relay of Winter Olympics has been kept in line with Summer Olympics. Kindling was gathered from Olympia. This was a milestone in the history of Winter Olympics as the transition was from formality to concept. The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Game started the progression of commercial Olympics, and Winter Olympics was also affected. Since 1988 Calgary Winter Olympic Games, commercia] factor in torch relay set off penetrating into every corner of the whole process. From the 21st century, Winter Olympics torch relay is enriched both in contents and forms. Scientific and technological innovations are emerging in various fields.2. The political factor is one of the important factors affecting the Olympic Games. Winter Olympics torch relay started after World War II. At that time, the world structure was complex and changing. The Cold War pattern led by the U.S. and the Soviet Union kept on until the Soviet Union collapsed. On entering to 21st century, the world structure presented an integral stable status, and the influence of political factor gradually reduced. At the early stage, torch relay ceremony in the Olympic Games appeared as a ritual form. As the torch relay appeared in Winter Olympics, it continued as a way of cultural heritage at the beginning, and after some time, it tended to the sectors of man, culture, and education. Young people and women participated in the activity. The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Game started the progression of commercial Olympics. From then on, the torch relay ceremony is not only of cultural significance of tradition, it also possessed strong commercial fragrance. With the development of science and technology in the 21st century, more and more new science and technology are applied in torch relay ceremony. The primitive ritual ceremony and education factor influence are gradually weakened, whereas commercial and technological factors become increasingly prominent.3. Observing the development process of Winter Olympics, and Beijing Olympic Games torch relay ceremony, we can learn that, Winter Olympics torch relay ceremony should still be based on man, culture, and tradition; commerce is to be rationally combines with the cause of public interests and culture, torch relay ceremony must not be held as a pure commercial activity; in the process of torch relay, better cooperation with local government, community, and media is encouraged; the concept of tradition, environmental friendliness, and peace shall be adhered to, and the Olympic spirit and culture should be passed around via torch relay ceremony. |
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