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Beichuan quake victims mourned during Qingming Festival
Updated: 2011-04-04 22:02
(Xinhua)
A man lits candles to mourn for the deceased in Beichuan Qiang autonomous county, Southwest China's Sichuan province, April 4, 2011. During the Qingming Festival, or the Tomb-sweeping Day, people come to the old town of Beichuan to mourn for those dead in the 8-magnitude earthquake in 2008. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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