综合一区欧美国产,99国产麻豆免费精品,九九精品黄色录像,亚洲激情青青草,久久亚洲熟妇熟,中文字幕av在线播放,国产一区二区卡,九九久久国产精品,久久精品视频免费

REGIONAL> news
Normalcy returns as impact of quake fades
By Huang Zhiling (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-08-09 17:07
Normalcy returns as impact of quake fades

Xu Jiao, a middle-aged taxi driver in the capital city of Sichuan province, says he's happy whenever he sees old women dance in a square near a famous food street in western Chengdu.

For a while there was no room for dancing - it was the site of temporary shelters. "It had tents of different colors and sizes after the May 12 earthquake. With the last tent disappearing from the square about one month after the quake, it shows that life has returned to normal in Chengdu," Xu said.

He also cited the example of his young neighbor Yin Lan to show how even the most vulnerable Chengdu residents have left the quake behind.

Yin was cleaning her apartment when the quake struck. The violent shaking made her think doomsday was coming.

Although she escaped the six-story building unscathed, Yin became sensitive to any sound even after she consulted a psychologist at the famous West China Hospital of Sichuan University. She was so terrified that when someone moved a chair she was startled and tried to find out whether it was the sound of an aftershock.

Not daring to stay indoors, she was the last to dismantle her tent outside the residential quarter where she lived.

As time passed and no aftershocks were felt, Yin's life has returned to normal.

In fact daily life in Chengdu returned normalcy less than one month after the quake.

At 9 pm, visitors to the Ximen outlet of French supermarket Auchan are surprised to find a huge number of shoppers and often have to battle their way through the crowd. Shop assistants say the supermarket has been like this since about 15 days after the quake.

About one month after the quake, cinemas, museums, libraries, concert halls, restaurants and bars in Chengdu resumed normal operations.

Late at night, visitors to the alleyways in the city center are impressed with throngs of diners and tea drinkers sitting outside small restaurants and bars.

The alleys comprising courtyards built in the style of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911) opened to the public on June 14, which was the country's third cultural heritage day, to boost development of the local tourism sector affected by the quake.

   Previous Page 1 2 Next Page  

奇台县| 高唐县| 乐安县| 宁乡县| 游戏| 普陀区| 建瓯市| 蓬溪县| 石渠县| 原平市| 蓬安县| 堆龙德庆县| 哈尔滨市| 辽源市| 鄂伦春自治旗| 齐河县| 藁城市| 申扎县| 敖汉旗| 本溪| 尼勒克县| 江源县| 府谷县| 北辰区| 南昌县| 灵台县| 兴仁县| 邢台市| 诏安县| 卓尼县| 高碑店市| 天等县| 凯里市| 施甸县| 金山区| 甘孜| 金湖县| 西林县| 靖宇县| 汉中市| 临泉县|