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Nothing can put such a people down

Actually, they were not walking but rather climbing, for they had to make their way on rocky ridges overgrown with brambles and creepers most of the time while watching every step to avoid falling into the valleys. Yet they still headed on, carrying food and water for their relatives poised between life and death.

Liu Hongfen, a country woman, traveled about 40 kilometers from Dujiangyan to Yingxiu, the epicenter of the earthquake, to look for her missing husband. She walked non-stop between the two towns three times, each time for two days. What a devoted wife and a determined person.

Another husband-and-wife story is also just as moving. Yao Bangguo carried his wounded wife on his back and walked 100 kilometers from Maoxian to their home in Beichuan. He used two days and two nights to complete the journey, climbing over six mountains.

Children were as brave as the adults. Zhang Jiwan, an 11-year-old boy from Beichuan, carried his 3-year-old sister and walked 12 hours to safety. Their parents had died in the earthquake.

Many netizens said they were moved to tears by the love between the family members while reading these stories on Internet news portals. I too was. But I was also deeply touched by their bravery and tenacity.

Such bravery and tenacity seem to be a tradition for the Chinese people. In the snow-storms that wreaked havoc on southern China in January and February, many people chose to walk along paralyzed highways to go home for the Spring Festival or to come to help their relatives stranded in buses on the way.