Renowned Chinese scholar Ji Xianlin cremated in Beijing

BEIJING, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Renowned Chinese scholar Ji Xianlin was cremated here on Sunday.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao bids farewell to renowned Chinese scholar Ji Xianlin during Ji's cremation ceremony at the Babaoshan  Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing, capital of China, July 19, 2009. Ji Xianlin, who died at the age of 98 in Beijing on July 11, was cremated here on Sunday.(Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

Chinese leaders including Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun and Li Keqiang attended his cremation ceremony.

Other top leaders as President Hu Jintao, former President Jiang Zemin, and Wu Bangguo, Xi Jinping, He Guoqiang and Zhou Yongkang have expressed sympathy or condolences during his illness and after his death.

Ji died at the age of 98 in Beijing on July 11.

According to Ji's son, his ashes will be buried in three places: Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, Wan An Cemetery where his wife, daughter and son-in-law rest in peace and a patch of land near the tomb of Ji's mother in his hometown Shandong Province.