丹桂金、虹韵紫……亚运火炬的颜色太美了！

The 19th Asian Games torch relay starts in Hangzhou today. The torch will journey through 11 cities in Zhejiang province, including Huzhou, Jiaxing, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Lishui, Jinhua, and Quzhou, before returning to Hangzhou on Sept 20 to complete its final leg.

A total of 2,022 torchbearers will participate in the relay, ranging in age from 14 to 84 years old.

The torch, entitled "Eternal Flame," is inspired by the Liangzhu Civilization, the ruins of which are in Hangzhou, and symbolizes the inheritance of the Chinese culture through generations spanning 5,000 years.

Offering design guidance for the torch, Wang Yun, the Dean of the Industrial Design Research Institute of the China Academy of Art, said that the overall contour of the torch resembles a hand holding kindling, bursting with a sense of outward fusion and convergence in both motion and stillness. The style is balanced and elegant.

Yu Yu, the technical leader of the torch project, told reporters that in order to minimize the impact of possible extreme weather conditions such as heavy rain, the torch's design effectively prevents rainwater blockage by using a combination of large and small openings. The large openings guide rainwater, while the small openings prevent rainwater from clogging the nozzles, greatly improving the torch's rain resistance performance.

“我们的工作人员经过反复测试，累计编制26份试验指导书，出具测试报告超过60份，先后突破了工艺、材料、生产领域的多项技术瓶颈。”俞瑜说，目前火炬能够在8级风速和大雨状态下持续燃烧，并且火种清晰可见，火炬在抗风、耐高温等方面刷新多项纪录。“我们力争让每一把亚运火炬的品质做到极致。”