There are nearly half of the country's historical and cultural cities
The torch relay in Beijing Olympic Games will show China's long history and culture and highlight the cultural connotation of the relay route. The planned route of the relay includes nearly half of China's state-level historical and cultural cities and 70% of the world's natural and cultural heritage sites. The torch of the Beijing Olympic Games will travel through history and modernity along this cultural corridor to publicize and show the charm of Chinese civilization to the world.
To the revolutionary historical sites and the old liberated areas.
The planned route of the torch relay in China will reach the revolutionary historical holy land and the old revolutionary base area, making it of far-reaching significance to inherit the tradition and unite people's hearts. The famous revolutionary historical shrines and old revolutionary areas in the region were selected for transmission and exhibition activities, so as to cherish the memory of history, strengthen their beliefs, cheer up their spirits and inspire people of all ethnic groups to struggle for building a harmonious society.
22 cities have hosted important events.
According to reports, the 28 major events and 38 sub-events set up by the Beijing Olympic Games have been carried out in the currently confirmed relay cities and regions, and the competitive sports achievements of many cities are at the world level. The planned route of the relay includes 22 cities that have hosted important sports events, and 28 relay cities and regions are the hometown or transportation places of Olympic gold medal athletes, with a broad mass sports foundation.
According to the above points, Yan 'an (revolutionary holy land), Yangling (the mausoleum of Emperor Wen of Sui, the founding emperor of Sui Dynasty+agricultural demonstration area), Xianyang (the first imperial capital of China+the first stop of the ancient Silk Road+the first batch of excellent tourist cities in China+the first charming city in China) and Xi 'an (the ancient capital of the world+the first batch of "excellent tourist cities in China") were selected.