点燃圣火,举行盛大火炬接力传递后,将圣火点燃在奥运会上的做法,是援引古代奥林匹克运动会的传统和现代奥运会的惯例。两千多年前,古希腊人在祭拜至高无上宙斯神的地方—奥林匹亚,举办过多种体育比赛会。每当这些古代奥林匹克运动会开始时,总要先进行点火仪式,火炬要终日不熄地燃烧到运动会结束。 After the torch is lit and a grand relay of torch relay is held, the torch lit at the Olympic Games is a reference to the tradition of the ancient Olympic Games and the practice of the modern Olympic Games. Two thousand years ago, the ancient Greeks held a variety of sports competitions in Olympia, the place where the Supreme God of Zeus was worshiped. Whenever these ancient Olympic Games began, always carry out the first ignition ceremony, the torch burning to the end of the Games.