China Exclusive: Quake survivors pursuing happiness in new marriage

Source: Xinhua | 04-27-2009 08:42

BEICHUAN, Sichuan, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Bride Deng Ling supported a sapling upright while her sweetheart Li Jun bowed to spade earth into the pit carefully, expecting happiness in their coming marriage life.

Twenty new couples attend a group wedding at the Jina Qiang  Ethnic Minority Village of Beichuan County, southwest China's  Sichuan Province, April 26, 2009. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

With tears running down her face, 38-year-old Deng made a wish: "We plant the sapling and hope it will bring fruit and happiness to us."

Deng and Li were among the 40 people who lost their spouses in the May 12 earthquake last year. They tied the knot at a group wedding on Sunday in the worst hit Beichuan County in China's southwestern Sichuan Province.