Mourners honor Beichuan victims
Source: Xinhua |
April 5, 2010, Monday
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ALMOST two years after the May 12 quake, mourners entered the devastated Beichuan County in southwest China's Sichuan Province to mark the Qingming Festival, the Chinese day for honoring the deceased, which falls today.
From Saturday, bereaved families brought flowers, incense and candles and set off firecrackers among the ruins of the shattered concrete buildings and narrow roads.
"It's almost two years. I still feel sad when I think of them," said Liu Daiguo, whose two sisters were buried in the collapsed building.
"Every time the old county seat is open, I light incense for them," Liu said.
"We come to see you," said Han Xiaolin, who knelt beside the ruins of Maoba Middle School to honor her uncle, a teacher buried in the quake-triggered landslide.
"Grandma and my child are well. There is good news. The construction of the new county seat will be finished this year," she said. "There are hills and water in the new town. It will be very beautiful."
From Saturday, bereaved families brought flowers, incense and candles and set off firecrackers among the ruins of the shattered concrete buildings and narrow roads.
"It's almost two years. I still feel sad when I think of them," said Liu Daiguo, whose two sisters were buried in the collapsed building.
"Every time the old county seat is open, I light incense for them," Liu said.
"We come to see you," said Han Xiaolin, who knelt beside the ruins of Maoba Middle School to honor her uncle, a teacher buried in the quake-triggered landslide.
"Grandma and my child are well. There is good news. The construction of the new county seat will be finished this year," she said. "There are hills and water in the new town. It will be very beautiful."
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