| People of the Qiang ethnic group perform Salang dance in Qugu township of Maoxian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 29, 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] |
