On May.12th,2008, a violent earthquake striked the large area centered by Wenchuan county, Southwest China.
More than 80K people died and 150K people got injured. The violent earthquake destoyed completely several countytowns and broke down seriouly several cities.
Now, almost two years passed,and several tourist visited the earthquake-striken area and posted some photoes about the restoration in the countyside of Wenchuan county.
location of Wenchuan county in maps
WenChuan countytown before the earthquake
Wenchuan countytown right after the voilent earthquake on May 12th,2008
more pictures about the restored villages in the countryside of Wenchuan County . Most of people here suffered the loss of their families ,however they are still lucky to be Chinese citizens and can restore their home rapidly with the help outside,compared with miserable fate of people in Halti .
As we all know, people in Haiti suffered more from the chaos after the earthquake than the earthquake itself
well, according to reports, most of villages have been restored ,except some abadoned ones.
Many of the damaged villages are masterplanned and rebuilt. A few are just abandoned since they are subject to landslide and other natural disasters. A few are used for tourist sites. A lot of villagers are actually relocated to safer area and live in completely new home or apartment (I think the government intends to urbanize some places), but not far from their original home.
This is a masterplan for one of the villages ruined during the earthquake, which will be completed before 5/12 this year.