Special report: 2008 Olympic Games

Torchbearer Li Shu (R) lights the torch for the next torchbearer Sun Hongzhi during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Songyuan City, northeast China's Jilin Province, on July 15, 2008. (Xinhua/Wang Haofei) Photo Gallery>>>

    SONGYUAN, Northeast China, July 15 (Xinhua) -- The sacred flame of the Beijing Olympic Games finished its tour in Northeast China's Songyuan on Tuesday.

    There were 110 torchbearers taking part in the torch relay in Songyuan.

    The flame is to arrive in Jilin this afternoon.

Dancers perform at the launching ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Songyuan City, northeast China's Jilin Province, on July 15, 2008. (Xinhua/Wang Haofei) Photo Gallery>>>

Torchbearer Li Shu runs with torch during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Songyuan City, northeast China's Jilin Province, on July 15, 2008. (Xinhua/Wang Haofei) Photo Gallery>>>

Players in traditional dress of Mongolian ethnic group play Matouqin, a bowed-stringed musical instrument with a scroll carved like a horse's head, during the launching ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games torch relay in Songyuan City, northeast China's Jilin Province, on July 15, 2008. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)Photo Gallery>>>