Local people work in their farmland in rain during the spring farming season in Chengtuan Town of Liujiang County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 3, 2009. [Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua]
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![Local people work in their farmland in rain during the spring farming season in Chengtuan Town of Liujiang County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 3, 2009. [Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090304/000cf1a48b7f0b181b0902.jpg "Local people work in their farmland in rain during the spring farming season in Chengtuan Town of Liujiang County, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 3, 2009. [Huang Xiaobang/Xinhua]")
