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Qiang people celebrate first Spring Festival after earthquake with full hope
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-02-01 09:43
Qiang people celebrate first Spring Festival after earthquake with full hope
A man of the Qiang ethnic group cooks in Qugu township of Maoxian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 30, 2009. 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]