Earthquake hit Qiang ethnic village under reconstruction

Residents work at the construction site

in Luobozhai Village of Yanmen Township, the quake-hit Wenchuan County,

southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 8, 2008. Luobozhai, less than 10

kilometers from the county seat, is the biggest Qiang ethnic village

existing in China. The village was once the capital of the ancient Qiang

King and then called "the city upon the clouds." The houses in the village

were built of soil, joining with each other and forming up the whole

village as one. However most of the soil-built houses collapsed due to the

May 12 earthquake, which killed 48 people here. The Qiang ethnic villagers

used wood and bamboo mattings to build up temporary houses after the

quake, and received food and winter necessities from the local government.

The new houses donated by Jiangmen City of Guangdong Province are under

construction at present. All the new houses can resist 8.0-magnitude

earthquake and will be covered with soil to keep the village's traditional

outlook.(Chinese media/Chen Xie)
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The national flag of China and the party

flag of Communist Party of China (CPC) fly in Luobozhai Village of Yanmen

Township, the quake-hit Wenchuan County, southwest China's Sichuan

Province, Dec. 8, 2008. (Chinese media/Chen Xie)
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A worker has a break at the construction

site in Luobozhai Village of Yanmen Township, the quake-hit Wenchuan

County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 8, 2008. (Chinese media/Chen

Xie)
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Wang Taozhi, 68, sews an insole as she

sits beside the bags of food that distributed by the local government, in

Luobozhai Village of Yanmen Township, the quake-hit Wenchuan County,

southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 8, 2008. (Chinese media/Chen

Xie)
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