China News Agency, Luding, September 12th, title: Luding Earthquake on the 7th: Mourning the victims of the compatriots, "Let's live and move on"

　　China News Agency reporter Wang Peng

　　On September 12, the Sichuan Luding earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 occurred for seven days.

Moxi Town, the epicenter of the epicentre, was sunny and the mountains were solemn. The mourning activities for the compatriots who died in the earthquake were held here.

　　As of 17:00 on the 11th, the earthquake had killed 93 people, including 55 people in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, and 38 people in Shimian County, Ya'an City.

Another 25 people lost contact, including 9 in Luding County and 16 in Shimian County.

　　At the mourning event site in Moxi Town, the banner "Deeply Condolences to the Victims of the '9.5' Luding M6.8 Earthquake" was solemn and solemn.

At 12:52, the time of the earthquake, the air defense alarm sounded over Moxi Town, and the on-site personnel observed a 3-minute silence to the compatriots who died in the earthquake and presented flowers.

On September 12, deep mourning activities for the victims of the "9.5" Luding earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 were held in Moxi Town, Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan, and Shimian County, Ya'an City.

The picture shows the mourning scene in Moxi Town.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Lang

　　At this moment, all vehicles in Moxi Town stopped, people stopped moving, and stood on the street.

At the resettlement site in Gonggar Square, the affected people walked out of their tents one after another and stood in silence.

The siren and the generator were mixed.

On the distant green hill, a huge gray-white landslide recorded the tragic earthquake.

　　"So many people were killed, and I feel bad." After the silence ended, Liu Kairong, a 64-year-old villager in Gonghe Village, said with red eyes that his home was very close to the Hailuogou Scenic Spot, the village was severely damaged, and his house was scrapped. None of the bowls are good, but living is the greatest luck, and we have to look forward."

　　Wang Shilian, a villager of Shanshu Group 2 in Moxi Town, picked up a broom and continued to clean the tent.

In the past few days living in the resettlement site, she has been following the rescue progress on her mobile phone.

"Some people were killed, some people lost contact, and the firefighters rescued people in such a dangerous place, their feet are blisters, I feel distressed..." She cried.

On September 12, the construction vehicle was leveling the site.

After three days and two nights of hard work, the site leveling of the transitional resettlement site in Moxi Town, Luding County, Sichuan was basically completed on the same day.

On September 5, an earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred in Luding County, Sichuan Province.

(UAV photo) Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Lang

　　On an open space in Moxi Town, the first transitional resettlement prefab housing community is under construction.

Zhan Mingqiu, the person in charge of the project construction department, introduced that the transitional resettlement prefabricated housing community covers an area of ​​9,000 square meters and will build 170 prefabricated houses, including public toilets, bathrooms, laundry rooms, kitchens, supermarkets, and offices. It is expected to meet the occupancy conditions by the end of the month.

　　It has been seven days since the earthquake struck. In this tourist town, which was once bustling with tourists, severely damaged houses began to be surrounded and will be demolished and rebuilt.

In the undamaged house, some shops have resumed business, and a noodle restaurant owner said: "Leave the green hills, not afraid of running out of firewood."

　　The town's post office has also reopened, and workers are loading packages into vans.

A staff member told reporters that due to the epicenter, the surrounding villages in Moxi Town were severely damaged. Many villagers rescued valuable items from their homes and urgently needed to send them out. As long as the villagers needed them, they would come to receive them.

　　Han Angui, a 65-year-old man, owns an old house on Moxi Old Street. He rented it out and opened a wine shop.

After the earthquake, the house was assessed as "usable", but the tenant had left and he came to clean it.

Looking at the debris on the ground, he murmured, "Although my heart is not at ease, I still have to live my life." (End)