birthplace of the Olympic Games is the sanctuary of the ancient Greeks - the Olympia.It is located in the west of the Peloponnese.This town on the banks of the river Alpheus, at the foot of the sacred mountain of Kronos, and still is a place where the eternal flame burns, which from time to time the fire ignited the Olympic Games and the torch relay launches.The tradition of holding such sports events revived in the late nineteenth century by the French Baron de Coubertin.He was well-known public figure of the era.And since then, every 4 years held the Olympic Games.And since 1924, began to organize and winter competitions.
Olympic symbols
Together with the revival of the Olympic tradition appeared corresponding symbols: the flag, motto, anthem, medals, mascots, mascot, and others. All of them have been created in order to promote the idea of this sport worldwide.Incidentally, the official Olympic emblem represents five colored rings intertwined so that they form two rows.The top consists of three rings, and the bottom, of course, of the two.
colors of the Olympic rings
At every mention of the Olympics in the first place recalls the emblem - woven rings of blue, black, crimson, yellow and green colors depicted on a white background.However, not everyone knows the exact meaning of the colors of the Olympic rings.There are several versions.Each of them is not devoid of logic and can lay claim to the fact that it felt right.Below we present you some of them.
- According to this version, the colors of the Olympic rings symbolize the continents.That is, it says that the participants in these games can be from all the nations of the world, or rather from all parts of the world except Antarctica.Let's imagine what colors correspond to each of the continents?It turns out?And now to check whether you are for orientation.So the color of the Olympic rings?Europe - a blue America - red, Africa - Black, Australia - Green and Asia - yellow.
- Another version associated with the name of the famous psychologist Carl Jung.He is credited with not only the idea, explaining the choice of a color, but also the creation of the symbols.According to this version, Jung, being a connoisseur of Chinese philosophy, as an emblem of proposed ring - a symbol of greatness and power.Select the number of rings has been associated with five different energies (wood, water, metal, fire and earth), referred to in Chinese philosophy.Everything else Jung in 1912 proposed the idea of the pentathlon, t. E. It was believed that each of the competitors must master the following sports: swimming, diving, fencing, running and shooting.The colors of the Olympic rings, according to this theory, correspond to each of these sports, as well as one of the above five energies.As a result, we obtain the following chain: swimming, water-blue, jumping tree green, running-ground yellow, fencing, fire-red, shooting metal black.
- The third version is a kind of complement to the first.It is believed that the colors of the Olympic rings - all those colors, which contain the flags of all countries of the world.Again, this means that participants may be athletes from all nations of the world, without exception.
agree that all versions are interesting, but it does not matter which one is correct.Most importantly, these games rallied all the peoples of the world.And let their representatives are fighting only for sports stadiums and on our planet there will always be peace.
