A stewardess shows "The Tide", the torch for the 16th Asian Games, in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, March 3, 2010. The Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (GAGOC) officially unveiled "The Tide" as the torch for the 16th Asian Games and the route of the torch relay on Wednesday. The torch relay will be held in 21 cities in Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Lu Hanxin)

2010 Asian Games organizers last week announced the torch relay route and the torch design for the 2010 Games. The torch relay will conclude in Guangzhou with the lighting of the Asian Games cauldron during the opening ceremony on November 12.

The torch relay will be within Guangdong and travel to each of the regions' 21 major cities including Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Dongguan, Shenzhen, Huizhou, Shanwei, Shantou, Jieyang, Chaozhou, Meizhou, Heyuan, Shaoguan, Qingyuan, Zhaoqing, Yunfu, Maoming, Zhanjiang, Yangjiang, Jiangmen, Foshan and Guangzhou.

The 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee also unveiled the design of the torch, entitled The Tide. The upper part of the exterior of the 98 gram torch is pierced with delicate ivory carving. The pierced portion looks like rising and flowing flames.

The solid part looks like flowing water symbolizing spirits in the Lingnan culture such as inclusiveness and innovation. The exterior of the torch is a distinctive reddish color and contains the flower of bombax ceiba, the officials flower of Guangzhou which embodies the power and passion of life.

The photo taken on March 3, 2010 shows the map of the route of the torch relay for the 16th Asian Games. The Guangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee (GAGOC) officially unveiled "The Tide" as the torch for the 16th Asian Games and the route of the torch relay on Wednesday. The torch relay will be held in 21 cities in Guangdong Province.