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The flame for the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games was lit on Thursday at the Archaeological Ruins of Liang Zhu City, marking the 100-day countdown to the opening ceremony for the event, which is set to run from September 23 to October 8.<\/p>\n
The flame was lit out of a concave mirror using the sun\u2019s rays. Then a flame collector handed the torch to Yi Lian Hong, secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, who ignited the cauldron.
\nNestled in the suburban area of Hangzhou, Lian Hong boasts some of the earliest recorded evidence of Chinese civilization with a history that can be traced back to 3,300 years B.C.<\/p>\n
Known for the prehistoric rice-cultivating civilizations of China and exquisite jade ware, as well as the country\u2019s earliest known large-scale water conservation network, Liang Zhu was declared as a world heritage site by UNESCO in 2019, CGTN reported.<\/p>\n
The torch lighting and torch relay launching ceremony will be held at Hangzhou\u2019s scenic landmark West Lake, another UNESCO World Heritage site, in mid-September, and the torch will be carried through 11 cities in Zhejiang Province.<\/p>\n
A digital torch relay also kicked off online on Thursday. Over 21 million people have participated in a virtual torch relay as digital torchbearers through online platforms.<\/p>\n
The opening ceremony will present the first digital ignition ceremony in the Games\u2019 history, and digital torchbearers worldwide can ignite the flame together online.<\/p>\n
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Sources & Courtesy: APP<\/p>\n
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