iMan'блог: Guangzhou Asian Games 2010 flame lit at Great Wall

Kang Chenchen holds the torch during the lighting ceremony of the flame for Guangzhou's Asian Games, held at the Juyongguan Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 9, 2010. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

BEIJING, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- The 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games flame was ignited in a traditional sun-ray ceremony at the Juyongguan pass of the Great Wall here Saturday morning.
The sun shone just enough over the military stronghold of the old time for Kang Chenchen, a 22-year-old student from Yunnan Arts University, to focus its rays on a silver torch using a concave mirror.

The flame will burn at the Nov. 12-27 Guangzhou Asian Games, following a one-month torch relay in Beijing, Harbin, Changchun, Haiyang and 21 cities of the Guangdong province.

A guard walks with the flame lantern during the lighting ceremony of the flame for the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, held at the Juyongguan Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 9, 2010. (Xinhua/Gong Lei)

The honor guard carry the Chinese national flag and the official flag of Olympic Council of Asia during the flame lighting ceremony for 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, held at the Juyongguan pass of the Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 9, 2010. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

Kang Chenchen holds the torch during the lighting ceremony of the flame for the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, held at the Juyongguan Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 9, 2010. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

A girl displays the flame during the lighting ceremony of the flame for the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, held at the Juyongguan Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 9, 2010. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)

Kang Chenchen holds the torch during the lighting ceremony of the flame for Guangzhou's Asian Games, held at the Juyongguan Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 9, 2010. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)

Huang Huahua (L), governor of China's Guangdong Province, lights the flame pot with the torch during the lighting ceremony of the flame for the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, held at the Juyongguan Great Wall in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 9, 2010. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)

The official music video of 2010 Asiad theme song "Reunion" was shot on October 8 at Guangzhou's landmarks such as Guangzhou Opera House, Canton Tower and traditional Xiguan lanes. Newly appointed Asian Games Singers Mao Amin and Sun Nan took part in the shooting with a group of performers.

Tens of thousands of people were summoned on September 30 and set off to join a cleanup campaign for Asian Games venues at Huangpu District of Guangzhou. Governmental officials, officers, local residents, youth volunteers and dustmen from Huangpu District donated their time and energy to clean up the city and prepared the city for the forthcoming Asian Games.

Youth volunteers clean up Huangpu Sports Centre Gymnasium

For more info, go to this official website:

The Official Website of the 16th Asian Games

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