Yesterday, 17:56, Jackie Chan join hands and Pu Huifang cite the Olympic torch, lit Sanya next to the ends of the earth Kistler St. brazier. After 208 torchbearers under the scorching sun nearly eight hours of transmission, the Olympic flame in the first leg of Sanya station 30.9 km transmission to a close. Today and tomorrow, the Olympic flame will be the Wuzhishan, Wanning, Qionghai, to end at Haikou City, and then across the Qiongzhou Strait to enter Guangdong transmission.
Yesterday's transfer from Sanya Bay in Sanya City of Phoenix, Islands, as the Beijing Olympic torch relay is the end of Olympic Stadium, "nest", the sacred flame in the transfer of Sanya was also considered to open the torch, "Fung also nest" Trip.
Starting point: the dragon accompanied by Fung also nest
Yesterday, 7:00, reporters from the hotel went to Phoenix to see along the island, despite the torch from the beginning of transmission is also available in two and a half hours, but already some members of the public and tourists gathered in a section of the torch, some holding the hands of the national flag and also Olympic banner.
Sanya Phoenix Island is an artificial island Bay area of 500 mu. Olympic Plaza in Phoenix on the island, which stands a sculpture of a giant - Fire Phoenix. 37 meters high gunmetal Fire Phoenix 11 meters high standing in the dock, to extend the wings like a raging flame burning. Phoenix fire in the sky, one of about 60 meters long yellow inflatable dragon around quietly winding flight of the Phoenix, "Yesterday Once Ching Cheung," is implied meaning in China for thousands of years of dreams and pursue.
According to the organizing committee of Hainan torch relay of a staff member revealed that from the end of last year to the end of March this year, the Olympic flame in Sanya transmission line through the seven amendments, one of the options in the Phoenix starting point but not the end of the island. "Phoenix is ultimately the island identified as a starting point, there are deep cultural implication." The staff member told the reporters, the first named Sanya Phoenix Airport name is Phoenix Airport, Sanya can be seen everywhere open Hongyan Yan Hua of the Phoenix tree; most The main, from the Phoenix Islands, and the torch relay can be the end of the "nest" echoes. "Phoenix flew to the nest, Fung also nest, which is very auspicious and beautiful symbol ah."
Climax: the Tianya on the beach road
Yesterday, the transmission line were divided into four paragraphs, the middle set up three break points, which are beautiful crown, on the Square and Haihong Square, the entire transfer process can be called Jianrugaochao.
9:40, the first rod in the torch, China's first Winter Olympic champion Yang Yang Wei Liucheng, secretary of the Hainan Provincial CPC Committee took over the torch, in the audience cheered, starting from the Fire Phoenix Plaza. After 30 torchbearers transmission around the Phoenix Island a week, then after 397 meters long bridge into the Sanya.
Yesterday's Sanya, the sky sunny cloud-free, Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting a maximum temperature of 35 ℃. Torch entered the urban area, immediately "light" on both sides of the road has been long awaited the people. "China, Come on!" And "China, Long Live!" The high voice to break out. There's even people on motorcycles Giant inflatable carrying the national flag has been recovering with the torch.
When the door after the transfer into the ends of the earth, Sanya, the most characteristics of the transfer station - began a beach pass. In the
Giant inflatable absence of on the beach road, together with the photographer at the scene of competition for positions, their team is no longer running uniform, a number of armed police joined in to maintain order. When Zhang Ziyi Luchuan and transfer of the torch on the beach when they were almost drowned in the numerous cameras and camcorders in.
Sanya, the final torch relay station rods from a Giant inflatable Jackie Chan and the town of Sanya City mayor Pu Huifang common Tianya completed. The same is surrounded by reporters, Chan and Pu Huifang after a beach jogging, boarded at the last structures of the stage, approached the stand next to the ends of the earth Kistler St. brazier. Jingli seconds later, the two co-lit St. brazier, live music sounded, applause and cheers for a financial immediately.