A total of 208 torchbearers will carry the flame through the city, which has a population of 150,000.

Bordering Hunan province, the city was where late State leaders Mao Zedong and Zhu De created their revolutionary base in 1927.

The mountainous city is now a popular tourist attraction.

The torch replay will start form Huangyangjie, a 1,343-m hill, and end at a city square.

The route passes a museum and a martyrs' cemetery, marking the revolutionary legacy.

Donation boxes have already been placed along the 12.8-km route and local people have made donations.

Meanwhile, the organizers of the torch relay said yesterday that celebratory events in future relay cities will be temporarily cancelled as a mark of respect for the victims of the earthquake.