Torch Relay for the 7th National Intercity Games

The launching ceremony of the 7th NIG Torch Relay is scheduled to take place at Bayi Square, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province（江西省南昌市八一廣場）at 8am on 16 September 2011. Representatives of 56 participating cities and 11 municipalities of JiangXi Province will gather to welcome and receive the flames.

The flames extracted from the following five places:

1. “開天辟地之火” (which means a flame denoting the dawn of history) from Jing Gang Shan on 8 July
2. “驚天動地之火” (which means a flame of magnificence and grandeur) from Nanchang Bayi Qi Yi Ji Nian Huan on 1 August
   
3. “飲水思源之火” (which means a flame of gratitude) from Ruijun on 11 August
4. “工運曙光之火” (which means a flame denoting the dawn of labour movement) from Anyuanlu on 22 August
5. “改革開放之火” (which means a flame denoting the reform and open policy) from Xinjian on 27 August

will be united at Bayi Square, to form the “幸福之光” (which means the light of happiness) on 16 September, and the torch will then be carried throughout 11 municipalities of Jiangxi Province from 3 to 13 October. The flame will put back into the tinder lamp first and then light up the main torch again during the Opening Ceremony of the 7th NIG on 16 October 2011.