On 12 May , 2008 , a devastating earthquake inwards Wenchuan County , inwards Sichuan , mainland People's Republic of China , left close lxx ,000 people killed as well as over eighteen ,000 missing. An additional 375 ,000 were injured as well as a staggering 4.8 1000000 were left homeless equally buildings as well as domicile collapsed everywhere.
To commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Wenchuan earthquake , inwards 2013 , the Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial Museum was opened inwards the town of Qushan , inwards Beichuan Qiang autonomous county. Designed yesteryear architect Cai Yongjie , of Tongji-University inwards Shanghai , the memorial takes the cast of a huge cleft inwards the footing that functions equally sunken pathways to large subterranean buildings topped alongside greenish roofs. The memorial landscape spans across the whole valley surrounded yesteryear hills as well as forests on 1 side , as well as bordered yesteryear a small-scale route as well as yesteryear a four-lane highway on the other. This route leads to the old town of Beichuan , whose ruins are kept preserved equally retention for the people.
Photo credit: Cai Yongjie
Photo credit: Cai Yongjie
Photo credit: Cai Yongjie
Photo credit: Cai Yongjie
Photo credit: Cai Yongjie
Photo credit: Cai Yongjie
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