The Wenchuan earthquake has left many people losing their other half. Finding a new companion is a way to help these people move on.
According to government statistics, there are over 6,000 families that lost their children in the May 12 earthquake and have the intention to raise another one, but the aftershocks, the pain of losing relatives and their ages are major obstacles.
Zhou Baohua, a migrant worker
"I am extremely happy the government did this for us. I now have such a nice and comfortable home."
Ming Mao, a 22-year-old Tibetan
"Thanks to timely assistance from the government and from people across the country, we have never been homeless."
Cai, a doctor from Beijing
"I have come here to tell the dead that their relatives and friends are okay and that they have every reason to rest in peace."
Wu Fang, a native of Wenchuan County
"I believe a positive and optimistic attitude toward life is the best sacrificial offering we can make to the deceased."
"The most difficult time the psychological pain is over, but it is replaced by confusion about the future,"- A social work teacher
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD-- is a professional term not often used by ordinary people. But perhaps not many, with PTSD now considered a major challenge to the psychological health of many survivors of the Sichuan earthquake.
Reality of life-- As the breadwinner of the family, Liu looked for jobs elsewhere, but was turned down because of his age. "I´m not competitive on the market. More importantly, I don´t have technical skills, except from doing hard labor in the pit."
40 percent of the homes devastated in the May 12th earthquake last year have been rebuilt, and nearly all the damaged homes have been repaired.
The first memorial park to the 87,000 dead and missing from China´s May 12 earthquake opened in the southwestern Sichuan Province.
Relief workers had finished building all the 677,131 temporary houses needed in the areas ravaged by the May 12 earthquake.
Relief workers had built more than 439,000 temporary houses and were setting up another 22,000.