| Eleven-year-old Chen Guoting, a girl of the Qiang ethnic group takes part in activities held in Qugu township of Maoxian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 30, 2009. The Qiang people in Maoxian celebrate the first Spring Festival after the tragic quake in Sichuan with full hope. The magnitude-8.0 earthquake that jolted Sichuan on May 12, 2008 took place in areas inhabited by the province's 306,000 Qiang people, including Miaoxian, Lixian, Beichuan, Heishui and Wenchuan counties.[Xinhua/Liu Jie] |
