Beichuan old county town, behind the banner is a ruin, the sky is also gloomy. Kitagawa was once home to many people, but has been reduced to uninhabited ruins after the 2008 earthquake of May 12.
Faced with a ruined homeland, the living people can only shout the names of their loved ones over and over again: "Mom and Dad, your daughter came to see you today, Mom and Dad, are you okay in another world?" Mommy and Daddy, your children really miss you, Mommy and Daddy, I beg you to open your eyes and see if we're okay? Please, please..."
The photographs placed on the ruins are of their loved ones who have been killed, placed in front of the former home by memory.
A young mother said to the apples, red paper cranes and white paper flowers that had been laid out: "Baby, my mother missed you, and my mother brought you your favorite apple and small paper crane today; baby, can you eat the apple that your mother gave you in heaven?" Did you see the little white flowers that your mother put on the apple? Are you okay with your dad in heaven? In heaven, can you buy beautiful clothes to wear..."
A middle-aged man placed a picture of his dead wife in a flower bush and left quietly.
On the photograph of the slain wife it reads: If I met you in heaven, you still can't remember who I am. If I meet you in heaven, are you still like you were in the past? If I met you in heaven, would you still be like that, snuggled up in my arms familiarly, I knew I had to be strong, but I was really tired of holding on!
With this article, I want to remember the compatriots who died in the Beichuan earthquake, and to remember the Compatriots in Beichuan who appeared in my camera lens before the earthquake and died again! Ten years have passed, compatriots in Beichuan, are you okay?