Paralympic torch relay kicks off in Luoyang

Paralympic torch relay kicks off in Luoyang

Actresses perform during the closing ceremony of the Luoyang segment of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in Luoyang, a city of central China's Henan Province, Sept. 4, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)


Song Zhonggui (R) and the next torchbearer Xiu Xiu display the torch in front of the Longmen Grottoes, one of China's UNESCO World Heritage sites, during Beijing 2008 Paralympics torch relay in Luoyang, a city of central China's Henan Province, Sept. 4, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)


Jiang Xiaoyu (R), executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee of the 29th Olympic Games (BOCOG), displays the torch with Lian Weiliang (L), secretary of the Luoyang Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) during the starting ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in Luoyang, a city of central China's Henan Province, Sept. 4, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)


Local people welcome the flame with sign language during the Beijing 2008 Paralympics torch relay in Luoyang, a city of central China's Henan Province, Sept. 4, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)


Local people welcome the flame during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in Luoyang, a city of central China's Henan Province, Sept. 4, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)


Local people welcome the flame during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in Luoyang, a city of central China's Henan Province, Sept. 4, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)


Actresses perform during the closing ceremony of the Luoyang segment of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic torch relay in Luoyang, a city of central China's Henan Province, Sept. 4, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)