Two people hold the portrait of the late renowned Chinese scholar Ji Xianlin and a self-written elegiac to mourn the master during Ji's cremation ceremony at the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing, July 19, 2009. Ji Xianlin, a prestigious linguist, translator and researcher on Indian literature and history, passed away at the age of 98 in Beijing on July 11, and was cremated on Sunday.(Xinhua photo) |