Prometheus, the ancient Greek god, stole fire from Zeus and brought it to Apollo in order to save the hungry and cold mankind. When the fire spread to the world, it could never be taken back. Zeus had to stipulate that he must be sacrificed before lighting the flame. Therefore, a grand lighting ceremony must be held before the opening of the ancient Olympic Games. The priests lit the Olympic flame from the altar, and all the athletes rushed to the torch together. During the Olympic Games, in order to commemorate Zeus, people also lit torches in the temple of Zeus and his wife Hera.

In the Olympic history, the Berlin Olympic Games was used by Hitler as a tool to promote Nazism, so this Olympic Games became one of the few stains in the Olympic history. However, it was at the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936 that the world saw the lighting of the Olympic flame for the first time, and it was from this Olympic Games that the Olympic flame began its journey to shine around the world.

1936 On July 20th, a grand torch lighting ceremony was held in Olympia. 12 The girls dressed in Greek national costumes lit the first torch with the accompaniment of music. Coubertin, former president of the International Olympic Committee, visited the venue and delivered a speech. Then, the 1 km torch relay officially began. The torch relay passed through Greece, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria and Czechoslovakia and arrived in Berlin in the early morning of August 1. From Olympia to Berlin Stadium, the whole journey is 3,075 kilometers, and 3,075 people participated in the relay. Starting from this Olympic Games, lighting the Olympic flame is one of the essential ceremonies in the opening ceremony of each Olympic Games.