In September, the top 12 World Cup qualifiers in Asia will kick off, and the Chinese men's football team will hit the World Cup again. The highly anticipated World Cup is held every four years. Everyone is paying attention to the World Cup. The four-year football event affects the hearts of thousands of fans. It can be said that in the eyes of football fans, the weight of the World Cup far exceeds that of the Olympics.

But, do you know what the name of the World Cup trophy is?

The current World Cup, known as the Hercules Cup, has been in use since 1974. The name of each champion will be engraved on it. The country that won the championship can only keep it for four years and return it. If you want to keep it, There is only one way - to successfully defend the title. The names of so many champions from 1974 to 2038 can be engraved on the current Hercules Cup. As for whether the Hercules Cup will be retired in 2038, it is still inconclusive.

Why does FIFA stipulate that the country that wins the championship can only keep the Hercules Cup for four years, and what is the name of the World Cup trophy before 1974?

Before that, let's understand the story of He's Bi.

According to legend, the people of Chu State found a piece of uncut jade and offered it to King Li and King Wu of Chu. Unfortunately, no one could recognize the treasure many times. It was also considered a liar by the King of Chu at that time, and the left and right kneecaps were tortured. It wasn't until King Wen of Chu ascended the throne that someone opened this piece of jade, only to find that it was indeed a rare treasure and named it "Heshibi". Since then, "Heshibi" has become a national treasure of Chu State. Later, the king of Chu proposed to Zhao State, and "Heshibi" was passed to Zhao State. Only then did the story of Lin Xiangru's "return to Zhao after the completion of the jade" began.

Later, when the King of Qin unified the world, he carved this piece of Heshibi, known as the most precious in the world, into a jade seal and passed it on to future generations forever, symbolizing imperial power and status. Bian He and his Heshibi influenced Chinese history and even Chinese jade culture. And the Jade Seal of Chuanguo carved out of Heshibi also suffered a lot of troubles.

The eight characters "Desired by the heavens, longevity and eternal prosperity" are engraved on the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom, which makes people in the world regard it as a symbol of orthodoxy. When the world is in chaos, everyone scrambles to snatch it. The fate of Chuanguo Yuxi is as troubled as its predecessors and Choi.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, at the time of Xinsichen in the leap month of the 43rd year of the Later Tang Dynasty, Emperor Li Congke of the late Tang Dynasty and the Empress Dowager Cao set themselves on fire in Xuanwu Tower, and the Jade Seal of Chuan Kingdom disappeared. Later generations recast a new Chuanguo jade seal, but it is said that the jade seal carved by Heshibi disappeared.

The Chuan Guo Yuxi is regarded as a symbol of power, implying the destiny of destiny, and the World Cup trophy symbolizes the supreme honor in world football, and is the dream of countless people and the object of competition. The World Cup championship trophy before 1974 was called the "Rimite Cup", originally called the "Victor's Cup". ), renamed the Jules Rimet Cup (Jules Rimet Cup), is made of sterling silver, gold-plated on the outside, lapis lazuli base, shaped like the goddess of victory in Greek mythology - the winged Nikai (Νκη). The Brazilian team won the World Cup three times in 1958, 1962 and 1970, thus permanently retaining the "Rimite Gold Cup".

The Rimet Cup was suspected of being melted down after being stolen by thieves in Brazil in 1983. Later, the Brazilian Football Federation produced a replica as compensation.

Like the Chuanguo Yuxi, the Rimit Gold Cup has never been seen since it disappeared. The Rimet Gold Cup was stolen, which is a disgrace to the Brazilian Football Association and an indelible scar in the history of the World Cup. In order to learn a lesson, the current Hercules Cup is stipulated as "permanent circulation" and will not be owned by any country.

At the beginning, Britain also lost the Rimet Gold Cup Trophy. On the eve of the World Cup in England in 1966, the Rimet Cup had an accident during the exhibition in the UK-the Rimet Cup was stolen! The British police dispatched a lot of manpower and material resources to start looking for the stolen Rimet Cup, and then the police caught a London dock worker named Betsy Ray. He admitted that he and his companions had stolen the Rimet Cup, but he did not know Ray Mitte Cup whereabouts.

A miraculous thing happened. A puppy named Pix went out for a walk in the morning. Pix sniffed around a fence and refused to leave. The curious owner Corbett went over to find out what was so attractive to Pix. He found a paper package there, and when he opened it, he was taken aback—it turned out to be the stolen Rimet Gold Cup!

Dog owner Corbett was rewarded £5,000 for returning the lost gold cup, while his puppy was also rewarded with a meaty bone.

It is a bit ridiculous that an official of the Brazilian Sports Association said at the time: "Such shameful theft will never happen in Brazil. Brazilian thieves also like football, but there will never be such a sacrilegious crime."

After the Rimit Gold Cup was stolen in Brazil that year, the football king Pele and others publicly called for the return of the thief to the original owner, "returning the gold cup for the soul of Brazilian football." But the real Rimet Cup did not see the light of day again. It is rumored that the Rimet Cup has been refurbished by thieves, and the whereabouts of the Gold Cup is still unknown.

Although the Rimit Gold Cup may have been melted, it seems a bit unbelievable to everyone. After all, the thieves have tried their best to steal the Gold Cup. Apart from the huge influence, melting the Gold Cup actually gives you nothing.

Remit's gold cup was lost, and the thieves were thankless except for being caught. They could not get anything by melting the gold cup. Such an approach is really puzzling, and there are too many doubts in it.

Therefore, many people fantasize that one day, the Rimet Gold Cup, which symbolizes the first supreme honor in world football, will be seen again.