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!