Photo Story: Survivors of the earthquake

（People's Daily Online）  16:19, May 13, 2013  

Edited and translated by Huang Jin, People's Daily Online

Five years ago, one of the most deadly quakes destroyed thousands of families in Sichuan, a place well-known in China as “Land of Plenty”.

Since the coming of catastrophe, this land and the people living on it have been struggling to cast away fear and tears and to restart from ruins for five years.

Five years may be fleeting if compared to the process of post-quake reconstruction which is supposed to be long and arduous but it is long enough for people in Sichuan to regain their direction and move ahead to a brand new life.