The torch relay resumes to tour Jiaxing City in southeast China's Zhejiang Province on Thursday after three days of national mourning.

A total of 87 torchbearers in Jiaxing city will observe a minute of silence to the victims of the 8.0-magnitude quake that hit China's Sichuan Province at 2:28 p.m. on May 12.

The suspension of the relay affects legs in the southeastern cities of Ningbo, Jiaxing and Shanghai.

The Jiaxing journey, which will remove pomp and ceremony, starts in Qiyi Square and ends in the South Lake.

(Xinhua News Agency May 22, 2008)