Jishishan, Gansu, December 27 (Xinhua) -- At about 7 o'clock in the evening of the 25th, Yang Qihang and two fellow villagers set off from Wanquanzhuang Village, Diaowo Town, Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province, and drove for nearly 24 hours with a truckload of cotton clothes, cotton shoes, bedding and other materials, and arrived in Jishishan County, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, on the evening of 26 December.
Yang Qihang said that along the way, he and his fellow villagers met rescuers and caring people from many places across the country, and everyone helped each other on the road and rushed to the disaster area together.
It can be said that we have come to repay the favor. Yang Qihang said that the floods that occurred in his hometown this summer have touched the hearts of people across the country. Including Gansu, rescue forces and volunteers from many places across the country gathered in Zhuozhou.
When the reporter met Yang Qihang, he and his fellow villagers had just arrived in the Chengxi Community of Chuimatan Town, Jishishan County. Everyone quickly opened the cargo car and sorted out the supplies.
After a while, under the community organization, many residents began to queue up to receive supplies. At this time, the local temperature is already below 10 degrees Celsius. Yang Qihang stood in the carriage, dismantling the large packages and classifying the small packages, he was already sweating profusely, so he simply took off his cotton clothes.
When queuing up to receive supplies, the residents expressed their gratitude to their friends who came from afar.
Yang Qihang (first from left) and others are distributing supplies to the affected people. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Cheng Nan.
Yang Qihang introduced that after the incident, the villagers of Wanquanzhuang Village, Diaowo Town, quickly spontaneously organized donations and purchased more than 30,000 yuan of cotton clothes, cotton shoes, bedding and other materials to help Jishishan County.
Recently, love materials from all over the country have been delivered to Jishishan County. "These loves have gathered in the northwest and warmed thousands of families in the disaster area. Zhao Wenyu, secretary of the Chengxi Community Party Branch of Chuimatan Town, Jishishan County, said that although the disaster has occurred, there is no hurdle that cannot be overcome with the support of all sectors of society.
In the face of natural disasters, the people of the two places, separated by more than 1,500 kilometers, looked at each other with mountains and rivers and expressed their mutual affection.