What is the Asian Games? How often are they held?

The Asian Games, also known as the Asian Games, is the largest and most comprehensive sports event in Asia, and also represents the sports level of the entire Asia. It is generally held every four years and is hosted by the member countries of the Olympic Council of Asia in turn. There are many types of Asian Games, including the Asian Games, Asian Winter Games, Asian Youth Games, Asian Para Games, Asian Games, Asian Beach Games, and Asian Martial Arts Games. Today's content will show you how often the Asian Games are held and what the spirit of the Hangzhou Asian Games is.

Contents of this article

1. What is the Asian Games?

2. How often are the Asian Games held?

3. What is the spirit of the Hangzhou Asian Games?

What is the Asian Games?

The Asian Games is the largest comprehensive sports event in Asia, generally held every four years, and hosted by the member countries of the Olympic Council of Asia in turn. The predecessor of the Asian Games was the Far East Games, which are mainly divided into the Asian Games, Asian Winter Games, Asian Youth Games and Asian Para Games, and are held alternately with the Olympic Games.

The Asian Games actually refers to the Asian Games, which is the abbreviation of the Asian Games. At the same time, the Asian Games is also the largest comprehensive sports event in Asia. It is hosted by the member countries of the Olympic Council of Asia in turn. It is generally held every four years, alternating with the Olympic Games.

There are many types of Asian Games, mainly including the Asian Games, Asian Winter Games, Asian Youth Games, Asian Para Games, Asian Games, Asian Beach Games and Asian Martial Arts Games. The central pattern of the Asian Games emblem is a red sun radiating 16 rays, and this pattern has been incorporated into the emblems of all previous Asian Games.

Origin of the Asian Games

The predecessor of the Asian Games was the Far Eastern Games, which was initiated by the Philippine Sports Association in 1911 and held every two years. It was later suspended due to World War II. After World War II, the Asian sports community founded the Asian Games with the hope of promoting the development of Asian sports, with all Asian countries participating.

How often are the Asian Games held?

Four years. The Asian Games, also known as the Asian Games, is the largest and most comprehensive sports event in Asia, and also represents the sports level of the entire Asia. It is a regional large-scale comprehensive sports event recognized by the International Olympic Committee and hosted by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). Its predecessors were the Far East Games and the West Asia Games. The first Asian Games was originally scheduled to be held in New Delhi, India in February 1949, but was postponed to 1951 due to preparations by the host country. So far, 18 sessions have been held.

Development History: The predecessor of the Asian Games was the Far Eastern Games, which was initiated by the Philippine Sports Association in 1911 and held every two years, alternately in Manila, Philippines, Shanghai, China and Osaka, Japan. The Far Eastern Games were held for 10 times and were suspended in 1937 due to the outbreak of the Japanese invasion of China. After the end of World War II, many Asian countries successively got rid of colonial rule, gained independence and liberation, and established a new social system. As the trauma of war healed, people's lives became more stable, and sports gradually became active. The Olympic Games, which had been interrupted for 12 years due to the war, were resumed again.

What is the spirit of the Hangzhou Asian Games?

The spirit of the Hangzhou Asian Games is "heartfelt integration and mutual tolerance".

The spirit of the Hangzhou Asian Games embodies the ideals of unity, progress and close embrace of the Olympic Council of Asia family, while conveying the expectation of self-confidence, optimism, fearlessness of challenges and welcoming a better future, which is consistent with the Olympic spirit of faster, higher and stronger.

Hangzhou Olympic Sports Expo City has adopted a large number of green and low-carbon technologies to create a "Green Olympic". In the large underground space of the main stadium, the light pipe technology is applied through the design of the sunken square, which fully adopts natural lighting and minimizes artificial lighting, thus constructing an energy-saving, low-carbon and comfortable underground space.