Wenchuan rising from the rubble of devastation

Students play at school on the first day at the newly-built Beichuan No. 1 Primary School, Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, southwest China’s Sichuan province, August 24, 2009. The new school was built with aid from the Guangzhou construction authority.

Wenchuan rising from the rubble of devastation

Chinese national flags wave above households roofs in Luobo village, Wenchuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province. Houses in this town are all built by loess soil, and were completely destroyed in the devastating Wenchuan earthquake of 2008. With preferential policies and financial aid, the new houses were built with 8.0-seismic-proof frame structures.

Wenchuan rising from the rubble of devastation

A Qiang nationality elderly woman walks by the newly built houses in Luobo village, Wenchuan county, southwest China’s Sichuan province, January 28, 2010. All the villagers have moved into their new houses before the Spring Festival.


 

Wenchuan rising from the rubble of devastation
 

Children play in the yard of newly built houses in Luobo village, Wenchuan county, southwest China’s Sichuan province, January 28, 2010

Wenchuan rising from the rubble of devastation

Front gate of Beichuan No.1 Primary School, Wenchuan county, southwest China’s Sichuan province, January 27, 2010. The 20,380-square-meter school was rebuilt with the assistance of Guangzhou city in Guangdong province. It is 9.0 seismic earthquake-proof, and has 36 classrooms for 1,620 students. [Xinhua]Wenchuan rising from the rubble of devastation
 

Wenchuan rising from the rubble of devastation

Villagers walks in a newly reconstruct Gaodun tourist village, Chongzhou city, southwestern Sichuan province, January 28, 2010. Gaodun village was reconstructed with aid from the Chongqing municipal government. Local government made this village into a leisure tourist spot based on its natural and cultural resources.

Wenchuan rising from the rubble of devastation

Villagers take photos on a bridge in Gaodun tourist village in Gaodun, Chongzhou city, southwestern Sichuan province, January 28, 2010. 
 
Wenchuan rising from the rubble of devastation

Construction site of new buildings in Yingxiu village, Wenchuan county, southwest China’s Sichuan province, January 29, 2010. Yingxiu village is being reconstructed with a 200-million-yuan investment from Dongguan city in Guangdong province.

Wenchuan rising from the rubble of devastation

Reconstruction illustration of Zhangjiaping village in Yingxiu, Wenchuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, January 29, 2010.

Wenchuan rising from the rubble of devastation

Overview of the new Yinxiu town. Nearly 200 villagers will move into their new houses in the newl-built Yinxiu village, Wenchuan county, southwest China's Sichuan province, January 29, 2010. 
 

Wenchuan rising from the rubble of devastation

A theater in Chanshou Street, in Shuimo ancient town, Wenchuan county, southwest China’s Sichuan province, February 1, 2010. Chanshou Street was a tourist spot featuring construction of the Ming and Qing Dynasty eras. Local authorities decided to maintain this building and try to make the new street into a more developed tourist spot.

Wenchuan rising from the rubble of devastation 

 

Medical staffs wash a newborn earthquake-baby Zhong Hongyang in Shifang, southwest China’s Sichuan province, May 20, 2008. Zhang Hongyang was the first baby born in this field hospital set up by Nanjing No.85 Military-medical-aids crew.