May 12, 2008 at 14:28

  8.0 strong shock shakes Wenchuan

  that moment

  The sky turns, the mountains collapse

  Countless lives stop abruptly

  The entire land of China is full of sorrow

Photo source: Zhang Youqiong: Visual China

The earthquake in Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan County was disastrous. China News Agency reporter Sheng Jiapeng photo

  That year,

  Only for the first time,

  We never know tomorrow and accidents,

  Which one will come first ...

  69227 deaths

  374,643 injured

  17923 people missing

  This is not just a string of cold numbers

  It is a piece of fresh life

  Is our compatriot

On May 20, 2008, people in the Wenchuan earthquake area quickly passed the dangerous section of landslide. China News Agency reporter Chen Wenshe

Children injured in the Wenchuan earthquake on May 14, 2008. China News Agency reporter Zou Xianshe

On May 16, 2008, two residents in Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan County looked at their homes destroyed after the earthquake and couldn't help crying. China News Agency reporter Sheng Jiapeng photo

  That year

  We have witnessed the desperate rescue

  Human love that helps each other

  After the disaster

  Hundreds of thousands of troops moved

  Braving high mountain flying stones

  Stepping on the cracked earth

  Advancing into the disaster area

On May 17, 2008, the PLA sent villagers in Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan County to the hospital for rescue by helicopter. Photo by Guo Guoquan of China News Service

On May 17, 2008, the rescue team successfully rescued Jiang Yuhang, who had survived 124 hours in the rubble. China News Agency reporter Sheng Jiapeng photo

  Mother with a weak body

  Snuggle three or four months old children underneath

  Hold up the raw gap for him

Source: CCTV News screenshot

  The teacher tried his best

  Push students out of the classroom

  I fell under the collapsed floor

  3 year old Lang Zheng

  Lying on a temporary stretcher after being rescued

  Salute the uncle of the PLA with a tender right hand ...

On May 13, 2008, 3-year-old Lang Zheng lay on the stretcher to salute the PLA soldiers. Photo Source: Yang Weihua: Visual China

  Even if the mountains and rivers are broken

  The Chinese always keep their spine straight

  Maybe still small in front of nature

  But we never give in and never give up

On May 19, 2008, people in Beijing ’s Tiananmen Square observed silence for the victims of the earthquake. A man from Sichuan raised his right hand to cheer for his hometown. China News Service reporter photo

  12 years is a reincarnation

  It is also a new beginning ...

  2008-2020

  Belongs to the memory of all China

  It is heavy

  But also full of hope of rebirth

On January 2, 2009, a woman in Beichuan County carried her son to receive red bricks delivered by the People's Liberation Army for free, and was going to ask someone to help rebuild her home. China News Agency reporter Jia Guorong photo

On January 28, 2011, the villagers of Zhangjiaping Village in Yingxiu Township of the epicenter moved into their new home, and then they took a group photo with their twins. China News Service reporter Zhang Langshe

  12 years in the past

  On the ruins

  Already green hills and green water, tall buildings

  The devastated disaster area

  Has rejuvenated

On September 2, 2009, more than 100 students from Wenchuan Yingxiu Primary School started school on loan. China News Service reporter Liu Zhongjun

On October 30, 2012, the reconstruction work of Sichuan Wolong China Giant Panda Protection Research Center was basically completed, and 18 giant pandas are welcome to return to Wolong. Photograph by China News Agency Heng Yi

On March 22, 2018, aerial photography of Qingping Town, Mianzhu City, Deyang, Sichuan, which has been built as an eco-tourism town. China News Service reporter Liu Zhongjun

The picture above shows the destroyed old town of Beichuan on May 16, 2008. Source: Visual China The picture below shows the new county town of Beichuan in 2018. China News Service reporter Liu Zhongjun

  Since I survived

  To live a wonderful life

  Those who experienced the earthquake

  Tell us with action:

  Live to death

  We are more self-reliant

  When the disaster relief forces returned to the station in 2008, the little boy Cheng Qiang held up the banner: "When I grow up, I will be a paratrooper!"

  In 2018, Cheng Qiang became a real paratrooper on the blue sky of the motherland.

On August 15, 2014, Yong Qian, a girl who lost her arm during the earthquake, was practicing painting under the guidance of a famous color teacher, A Dan. China News Agency reporter Chen Chaoshe

On May 10, 2018, Ma Yuanjiang, a survivor of the Wenchuan earthquake, used an electromechanical intelligent simulator to work. China News Service reporter Liu Zhongjun

  May 12

  It is Yao Yi sad

  Get reborn

  We remember this moment

  It ’s not a sting that hurts

  But remember the unyielding spirit of disaster

  "Only hell suffering

  In order to develop the power to create heaven "

Children of Beijing Elementary School (built by Beijing) in Shifang City, Deyang City, April 2018, took a spring tour in Yonghu Park. Photo by Jia Yuehong

  5.12, our twelve years!

  Remember the dead together and pay tribute to the rebirth!