On the morning of July 19, the torch lighting ceremony of the 14th Hunan Provincial Games was held at Zhurong Peak, the highest peak of Hengshan Mountain, known as Nanyue or Southern Mountain of China. Fourteen torchbearers gathered at the scene to ignite the torch of the provincial games with the flame of Zhurong, the god of fire in ancient Chinese mythology. The 14th Hunan Provincial Games will be unveiled in Yueyang City on September 8. (Photo/Cao Zhengping, Wen Lan)

On the morning of July 19, the torch lighting ceremony of the 14th Hunan Provincial Games was held at Zhurong Peak, the highest peak of Hengshan Mountain, known as Nanyue or Southern Mountain of China. Fourteen torchbearers gathered at the scene to ignite the torch of the provincial games with the flame of Zhurong, the god of fire in ancient Chinese mythology. The 14th Hunan Provincial Games will be unveiled in Yueyang City on September 8. (Photo/Cao Zhengping, Wen Lan)

On the morning of July 19, the torch lighting ceremony of the 14th Hunan Provincial Games was held at Zhurong Peak, the highest peak of Hengshan Mountain, known as Nanyue or Southern Mountain of China. Fourteen torchbearers gathered at the scene to ignite the torch of the provincial games with the flame of Zhurong, the god of fire in ancient Chinese mythology. The 14th Hunan Provincial Games will be unveiled in Yueyang City on September 8. (Photo/Cao Zhengping, Wen Lan)

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: hunantoday