Part I        Money donation

      The slot is too small!

This beggar donated 400 yuan after begging on the street for three days. 

When he was heading towards us, we thought he was a passerby, but he halted in front of the box. After putting the coins in the box, he said,"I haver some more. Then he brought out another 30 to 40 yuan of small notes from his pocket."

This is all his saving from begging.

The money they are donating is government pension.

Disabled as I am, I should also make my contribution.

Little kids are making their donation.

The couple donated 100 million yuan. The husband, who used to be an orphan from Tangshan earthquake 30 years ago, is now running an iron and stell company. He is now making his contribution in return for what people from other parts of the country had done for them after the Tangshan earthquake 30 years ago.

Companies making their contributions.

Companies all over the country are making their donations at the disaster relief benefit evening run by CCTV.

Most of the donation is collections of one-yuan notes. They are from students from poverty-driven areas.

People lining up for donation.

Actors and actresses making their contribution by way of perfoming at the disaster relief benefit evening.

                                    Part II              Blood donation

A newly married couple donating their blood hand in hand right after their wedding ceremony.

Everybody is eager to pour out their hot blood and loving heart to their brothers and sisters in need.

Filling in the blood donation form while waiting for their turms.

The more news I read, the more blood I wish to donate.

They are also my brothers and sisters.

Soldiers packing the donation hall.

                                           The most beautiful "lie"

    This "lie" rescued a life.It displays what profound love is!

   "Yaoer, the local dialect for daughter or son, I am your father. You must hold on. The police are coming in ten minutes!"

Maybe, this is the most beautiful "lie". It was this "lie" that helped the middle school girl drive away the fear in the debris, defeated the demon of death, and finally survive the quake!

   This girl is called Wang Li, who studied at Dongqi Middle School of Mianzhu in Sichuan Province. Now she has been transferred to a hospital in Chongqing. She said when she was burried in ruins, many people consoled her by pretending to be her father! She wants to find them when she recovers. Her most important wish is to find them and regard them as her family members!

   According to Wang Li's recollection, at 2:28, 12^th of May, when the quake took place, she was in her history class. When the students rushed out of the classroom, the whole building was shaking. They crouched wherever they could! In no more than ten seconds ,the building collapsed,  burrying Wang Li and some of her classmates underneath.

   Wang Li was so scared that she yelled for help, but no one responded. At that time, she felt too weak to breathe and wanted to sleep very much. She was terrified. At the point of desperation, she caught sight of a big tree outside. She told herself green implied life. At this time she thought she should stick to the end.

   "Yaoer, I am your father. You must hold on.The police are coming in ten minutes!" Wang Li said. In the next few minutes, she heard the voice of her "father". She was so happy and relieved and regained confidence for survival. At half past ten the next morning, she was rescued. Upon her survival, she discovered that it was some unknown people who tried their best to console her instead of her father.

   It was not until after she had been sent to hospital that her parernts heard about her survival and went to see her. After a checkup, the doctor made a quick decision that she had to have her left leg removed. When her parents were at a loss what to do, , Wang told them," It is better to live than die. Losing a leg is not that serious." Wang Li told a journalist that her biggest wish was to find the "fake" fathers , and regard them as her family members!

   Rescuers and rescuees have been competing with the evil of death and extreams since the quake,, These are stories that have been moving us these days.

These "fake fathers" encouraged the child. The whole world was deeply moved!

"Yaoer I am your father."—Remember the disaster, Remember the most beautiful "lie".

This "lie" saved a life, and displayed the most profound love in the world!  

Translated by   Zhu Yi

Soon after the 5.12 Wenchuan earthquake took place, taxi drivers in Chengdu, which is located more than 60 kms away from Dujiangyan, one of the worst hit areas in the quake, learned on the radio that large numbers of cars are need to transport the wounded quake victims to Chengdu for treatment. Without second thoughts, all the taxi drivers who got to know the news rushed to Dujiangyan to carry 

victims to Chengdu as volutary workers. It is estimated that a total number of 1200 taxi drivers rushed there for the rescue operation. The drivers kept working for days without being paid. Some of their family members also cooked a lot of food for the drivers to take to the quake zone for the people in need. Their heroic deeds greatly relieved the pressure for the government to carry the victims to Chengdu for timely treatment.

   The sudden quake made the teaching building in a town in Sichuan province collapse in a second! More than one hundred students were burried in ruins. It was unknown whether they were dead or alive. In the ruins, when the surviors faced the threat of the "death evil". Miracle happened when they encouraged each other by talking!

   "Qingqing, the good beautiful girl, have you see her?" their teacher Chen Quanhong, who was always staying with her burried students outside the ruins, called the name of her student,who is called Deng Qingqing. In the teacher's eyes, she is a strong-minded and hardworking girl although she is from a poor family.  With no electricity in her home, she usually does reading using her torch when she is home!

   In the random riprap, when seeing the students' dead bodies dug out ,the teacher would weep silently! She complained "They were all like birds jumping freely and happily yesterday. I simply can't bear it that they are gone overnight!". Finally, Deng Qingqing was saved by the soldiers! The teacher and soldiers were all moved. When the girl was saved, she was found  reading with her torch in the ruins. Qingqing said:" It was dark underground, I was so scared and very hungry.The only thing I could do was reading. This could allievate my fear!" Her pureness was like her strength. It made all the listeners sob. Hearing this, Mrs Chen burst out crying ,and said "Good girl, the best thing is that you can come out alive!"

    Like Deng Qingqing, another girl called LuoYao, was burried in the ruins and her feet was injured! Inspired by "the dream of piano", she tried not to sleep! She told herself to fight on to survive. In the end she won, too!

Translated by Zhu Yi

The first drink of water after being rescued. 

The Prime Minister is paying a visit to Little Lang Zheng.

Under the good care of the doctors and nurses, the little hero is recovering quickly and is in good shape now.

  This policewoman, named Jiang Xiaojuan, is a mother of a six-months-old girl. Since the quake, she hasn't been able to see her daughter or family, neither has she been able to milk her daughter. Instead, she has been milking nine infants who have lost their parents during her spare time.

Beijing motorists on the six-lane Jianguomenwai Avenue stood beside their cars honking their horns for three minutes to honor victims of the May 12 earthquake.

  People at the airport all stand still mourning the dead for three minutes. 

Government leaders mourning the dead.

People show their condolation in different ways:

Printed in the picuture are,"Millions of people have lost their homes. The earthquake is ruthless, but we are filled with passion.Let's join our hands and rebuild our homes together."

The time that will be engraved in the hearts of the whole Chinese nation.

                                             Tan Qianqiu

 In the middle of the night of 13th of May, when the rescue team discovered Mr. Tan, his body was over a table, his arms spreading out, with four students hiding underneath the table safe and sound. It was Mr. Tan Qianqiu who protected four of his students with his body, but his family have lost him forever.

                        Tan's students are giving their condolation to their teacher.The

                       banner says,"Qianqiu, have a smooth journey".

                      Tan's wife's heart was broken in front of her dead husband.

   One of the teachers named Li Jiapiing was having class when the building began to shake. The classroom was on the first floor. She was only a few meters away from safety. If she had rushed out of the classroom when feeling the shaking, she would have survived the quake. But that was not her choice. Instead, she held on to the falling door of the classroom and dragged her students out one after another until 36 students were safe. But at that time the ceiling collapsed, buring her and another four students inside the classroom. She didn't die instantly. After being burried for two days, 

she felt she had no chance of surviving. She took off her wedding ring and bracelet and gave them to a student burried next to her and told her to give them to her hustand, if she couldn't make it.She also inteded to leave a few hairs for her husband, but since her hair was soaked with blood, it was impossible to pull off her hair. Four days later she was discovered dead. She lost her valuable life, but she rescued 36 lives. She was only one of the shining examples of the teachers who sacrified their own lives for their students.