Standing up, Going forward

May 12th, , 2008, I got a phonecall from my aunty. She asked me if feld any earthquick. I feld surprising for why she asked this because I didn’t feel anything. She told me Sichuan got a huge earthquick just one hour ago… That’s how did I know this earthquick, ang a beginning to focus on following events.

Phenix Channel is my favourite Chinese-speaking channel. At night, I turned on TV and watch Phenix’s Report. All events were about Sichuan earthquick. Through their camera, I saw enormous buildings became ash, uncountable parents were crying for their children who did not get out their classes in time. I could not feel exactly what did those people who suffered that earthquick fell. However when I saw many bags scattered on ash, I also got a pain. I was thinking, I sympathized those victims in the earthquick, on other hand I feld thankful for this earthquick was not surrounded me.

The second day, after I finished my school. I kept focusing on earthquick events. I saw from TV numerous people concentrated in Tiananmen Square. They roared “Sichuan doesn’t cry, China doesn’t cry. Sichuan was not down.” Everyone’s hands held hands, shoulders were with shoulders. I was touched by this scene. At that moment I just wanted to go out and roared with them. In the evening, at the front of that church near Wanfujing, people usde candles to pray for those dead people. Each candle represented a heart uphold the people in Sichuan.

The third day, the Media began to focus on reporting saving actions. Indeed, there were many legends. Such as a person who was stucked over one hundred hours, finnally got saved. A boy when he was carried out from ash, he said he wanna drink Coke. A mother saved her baby and left a missage for her baby. A teacher didn’t stop saving her students until she was smashed by a rock. Too many stories were memorized in people’s hearts. They became heroes in one night. A gigantic national spirit was fired by the earthquick. All around the world, where were Chinese, where were donating money for Sichuan. All of the money would use in Sichuan’s rehab.

May 19th , 2008, Flags were at half mast everywhere on the day of mourning for victims of Sichuan earthquake. This was the first time China falled flags half mast for normal citizens. To accomany half mast flags, that day all cars rang three minutes.

After people were painful and stimulating, lives had to go on. The real diffculties came. How to rehabilitate Sichuan and how to comfort people who survived. Too many volunteers went to Sichuan to help them to building temporary houses. To compare with rehabiliating constructions, to rehabiliate survivors’ confidence to lives were much more hard. For comforting people, Wenjiabao and Hujintao went to Sichuan. That was so moving to see our leaders were close to people. This improved my impression for our Prime Minister Wenjiabao so much. I have to say that was so excited when Wenjiabao writed down “多难兴邦” in a temporary school’s blackboard.

Now, Sichuan earthquick has passed amoust one year. Its rehabs progress very well. Maybe so many people are still cannot walk out from shadow of earthquick, but at least they are living. “To live” is much harder than “to die”. But because of that, they must live strongly. For people who were dead in the earthquick, for people who care about them. Standing up, going foreward.

To moumentalize Sichuan earthquick one year.