**Behind the scenes At the resettlement site in the disaster area, we met ordinary people from all over the world
At 23:59 on December 18, 6Magnitude 2**, hypocenter depth 10 km. **After the incident, Chen Bin, a photojournalist from the Gansu branch of the Xinhua News Agency who was on a business trip to Beijing, immediately checked the photographic equipment and computer he was carrying, and contacted the branch and the front, "waiting for the day", ready to leave at any time.
After a night of "frightening", early the next morning, Fang Xin, a photojournalist from the Gansu Branch, and his colleagues from the branch rushed to the disaster area as members of the second echelon of the branch. Almost at the same time, Chen Bin also received reinforcement orders and took the nearest flight from Beijing to report from the epicenter.
The disaster area is located at the intersection of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Loess Plateau, with an average altitude of about 2,793 meters within 5 kilometers of the epicenter. Coupled with the recent sharp drop in the north, every reporter who went to the disaster area was sweating for the affected people.
On December 19, at the resettlement site of Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, Linxia, Gansu Province, firefighters were carrying rescue materials. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Xin
On December 19, doctors from the Gansu Provincial People's Hospital cleaned the wounds of children on a mobile surgical vehicle at the resettlement site in Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, Linxia, Gansu Province. Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Xin photographed that after the plane arrived in Lanzhou, he changed to a car and continued to rush to the disaster area, and rescue vehicles from all over the country roared past from time to time on the highway, and when Chen Bin arrived at Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, where the disaster was most serious, it was already more than 10 o'clock in the evening of the 19th.
Walking on the icy path into the square of Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, the temporary resettlement point was brightly lit, the bright light of the car lights and lights pierced the night, and the swaying stove in the tent and the boiling heat of the boiling water in the pot conveyed the warm protection in the cold and frozen dark night.
On the evening of December 19, at the resettlement site in Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, children and their families were chatting. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Xin
On the evening of December 19, at the resettlement site of Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, the affected people received love beef noodles. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Xin
On the evening of December 19, at the resettlement site of Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, the staff of the State Grid were making preparations before the power was turned on. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Xin Early the next morning, according to the grouping arrangements of the front reporting headquarters, the reporters went to the resettlement sites of Dahe Village, Taojia Village, and Chenjia Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, and saw an endless stream of trucks full of relief materials coming, and the resettlement and support work was being carried out in an orderly manner.
On December 20, outside the resettlement site in Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, relief supplies waited to be unloaded. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Xin Tents have become a "safe haven" for the affected people in the cold winter, with steaming beef soup boiling in several large pots at different locations in the resettlement sites, the affected people are queuing up to receive free beef noodles, and people in need are queuing up to receive cold medicine ...... at the medical treatment point not far awayAlthough the conditions are simple and despite the difficulties, everyone has food, shelter, and medical ......The atmosphere of mutual aid and solidarity made people forget the cold for a while, and rescuers, medical staff and volunteers from all over the world used their perseverance and dedication to convey warmth to every corner of the settlement.
On December 20, at the resettlement site of Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, caring enterprises provided free beef noodles to the affected people. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin
On December 20, at the resettlement site in Chenjia Village, Dahejia Township, Jishishan County, people affected by the disaster added coal to the stove outside their tents. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin
On December 20, at the resettlement site in Chenjia Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, children held instant noodles distributed in tents. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin
On December 20, at the resettlement site in Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, children played games outside the tent. Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Xin photographed at the resettlement site of Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, where the reporter met Ma Zhongming, the 36-year-old person in charge of a catering company in Lanzhou, at the first point of the love beef noodle in a long line. Having opened a beef noodle restaurant for more than 20 years, he gathered the staff of his two beef noodle restaurants within two hours, prepared supplies, and rushed to Dahe Village, the hardest-hit village. Eight hours after the earthquake, the heat of beef soup was already rising in the Dahe Village resettlement site, and Ma Zhongming and his companions became one of the first social rescue forces to reach the disaster area.
My first reaction was that in such a cold weather, I must let everyone eat a bowl of hot beef noodles. Ma Zhongming said.
On December 21, Ma Zhongming, a 36-year-old owner of a catering company in Lanzhou, dined at the temporary resettlement site for the affected people. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin
On December 21, Ma Zhongming (right) delivered free beef noodles to the victims of the Dahe Village resettlement site. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin In the past few days, Ma Zhongming's beef noodle stall has been crowded, and he has not counted how many bowls of noodles he has made. "Our ramen chef's arms and hands are swollen, and we don't sleep much, so as long as there is a queue, we don't close."
On December 20, at the resettlement site of Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, the staff of the caring enterprise made free beef noodles for the affected people. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin Zhao Yushan, a 29-year-old courier at the Jishishan branch of China Post, was nervously checking the information of express packages in the temporary post office of the temporary resettlement site for the affected people, and did not bother to take a sip of water all morning. "The weather is cold, and many of the packages are cotton clothes and shoes to keep out the cold, so that everyone can receive their packages early, and it is worth our hard work. Zhao Yushan said. **After the incident, in order to ensure the express delivery and receipt of the affected people, China Post Jishishan Branch urgently increased its transportation capacity and overcame difficulties to transfer the parcels of various express companies to the affected people.
On December 21, Zhao Yushan, a 29-year-old courier at the Jishishan branch of China Post, was in a temporary post office at a temporary resettlement site for people affected by the disaster. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin
On December 21, Zhao Yushan counted the express delivery at the temporary post office in the resettlement site in Dahe Village. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin At the resettlement site, we also met many resolute and reliable figures and heard a lot of warm stories.
Du Wei, a truck driver who drove 12 hours to transport relief materials with warm clothes and convenient food donated by caring enterprises;Fang Xiaoping, a power supply worker who rushed to the disaster area to connect the power supply to the tents at the resettlement siteTao Ximing, a doctor from Jishishan County Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, who was also affected by the disaster but did not hesitate to participate in the transfer and treatment of the woundedWang Nan, a member of the Hebei Baoding Blue Sky Rescue Team, who participated in the large-scale ** rescue for the first time, and many volunteers who could not name ......In the face of this disaster, the transmission of love has become the driving force for everyone to resist the cold together, and it has also brought more people the confidence to rebuild their homes.
Du Wei, a 34-year-old truck driver, in front of a truck carrying relief supplies on December 21. **After the incident, Du Wei set off from Pingchang County, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, and rushed to the disaster area with 600 sets of warm clothes and 100 boxes of instant noodles and mineral water donated by caring enterprises, and arrived at the resettlement site in Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, after about 12 hours of driving. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Xin
On December 21, Du Wei (second from left) helped members of the Blue Sky Rescue Team unload relief supplies from their trucks. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Xin
Fang Xiaoping, a 26-year-old staff member of the State Grid Linxia Power Supply Company, was outside a tent at a temporary resettlement site for people affected by the disaster on December 21. **After the incident, Fang Xiaoping and his colleagues rushed to the disaster area as soon as possible to connect the tents at the resettlement site to the power supply. As of noon on the 21st, Fang Xiaoping had energized more than 240 tents. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin
On December 21, Fang Xiaoping (front) and his colleagues were electrifying a newly erected tent. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin
On December 21, Tao Ximing, a 39-year-old doctor at the Jishishan County Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, was at the medical treatment center of the temporary resettlement site for the affected people. After the earthquake, Tao Ximing participated in the transfer and treatment of the wounded. On the 21st, he went to the resettlement site in Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, to receive medical treatment and distribute medicines to the affected people. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Xin
On December 21, Tao Ximing (third from right) was measuring the blood pressure of the affected people. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Xin
On December 21, Wang Nan, a 36-year-old member of the Hebei Baoding Blue Sky Rescue Team, was at the rescue site. At around 17 o'clock on December 20, Wang Nan and his teammates set off from Baoding and drove nearly 20 hours to the disaster area, which was the first time he participated in a large-scale rescue. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Xin
On December 21, Wang Nan helped a severely affected family move their belongings safely in Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Xin
Ma Xianghua, a 25-year-old volunteer, was outside a tent at a temporary resettlement site for people affected by the disaster on December 21. On the 21st, after Ma Xianghua arrived at the resettlement site in Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, early in the morning, he began to maintain order at the meal point and material distribution office, and accompanied the children to read and play games. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Xin
On December 21, Ma Xianghua took the children to learn earthquake prevention knowledge. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Fang Xin
This is the resettlement site of Dahe Village, Dahejia Town, Jishishan County, taken on December 20. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Bin These ordinary people from all over the world gathered at the resettlement site in the disaster area, and everyone tried their best to exude the warmth on their bodies
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