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Say Goodbye To My Second Hometown After WenChuan Earthquake

iWalk 1 September 2008 29 Comments

When you see this post, I already back to my second hometown, HanWang.
HanWang was a world famous town now, because it was totally destroyed by WenChuan earthquake on 12 May 2008. Thousands of my neighbors died there.
Tomorrow was the last chance I could enter my parents’ house, which was badly damaged. So I booked the plane back to SiChuan. I couldn’t miss the last chance to say goodbye to my second hometown.

HanWang was named after the story of LiuXiu, an emperor of Han Dynasty. It’s said He had lived HanWang for years. But sculptures of LiuXiu and his generals was badlly damaged because of earthquake.

Houses and workshops on the ZiYan Mountain, which was part of Longmen Mountain, were badly damaged.

One of workshops of Dongfang Steam Turbine Works.

Another workshop of Dongfang Steam Turbine Works.

Dongfang Steam Turbine Works was born in 1966 as a sample of “Third-line Construction” during the Cold War era . For national defense construction, a huge number of technicians and skillful workers were transferred from big cities like Shanghai, Harbin to the southwest China.

This totally collapsed building was where my family lived for about 10 years.

All people of Dongfang Steam Turbine Works have to move to a new city, It’s hard to say goodbye to HanWang where they have lived for so many years.

This clock is world famous now, It forever stop at 14:28pm, That’s the time when the earthquake happened.

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wolf said:

Take care of yourself well, iWalk!

iWalk reply on September 6th, 2008 11:03 pm:

Thank you so much for your new posts, Wolf, And thank so much for taking care of my site these days!

# 1 September 2008 at 2:09 am

thepoliticalcat said:

Very sorry for your loss, and the loss of all the people of SiChuan.

iWalk reply on September 6th, 2008 11:09 pm:

Thanks my dear friend. Actually, I feel so lucky that my parents survived from this disaster. It’s the most important thing to me!:)

# 1 September 2008 at 2:53 am

eunice said:

Hi iWalk, I didn’t know your hometown is in Sichuan. I am deeply saddened by the destructive earthquake that destroyed millions of homes and families. I like Sichuan very much when I was there 2 years ago for holiday.

I have some posts about Sichuan too. http://travelerfolio.com/places/china/sichuan/

Take care my dear friend!

iWalk reply on September 6th, 2008 11:25 pm:

Yeah, Dear Eunice, I was born in HanWang because my parents transferred to Sichuan during the “Third-line Construction” era.

SiChuan a beautiful and leisure place. I love it so much.

# 1 September 2008 at 3:55 pm

Jacqueline said:

I can’t begin to imagine the pain and suffering, which comes with this type of devastation. Sorry for your many losses. May you find peace along the way to light your path.

iWalk reply on September 6th, 2008 11:40 pm:

Thanks dear Jacqueline.
I always feel sad to say goodbye, especially such kind of goodbye. But I will try my best to help my parents, and help people there.

# 1 September 2008 at 4:23 pm

Karen said:

It is so sad. I am glad you had the opportunity to go back. I hope everyone is able to rebuild their lives.

iWalk reply on September 6th, 2008 11:51 pm:

Yeah，Dear Karen, I should feel lucky that I still could do something.
I hope people who still have to live there can rebuild their house before winter.

# 1 September 2008 at 9:27 pm

My Bug Life said:

I hope and pray that these people will be able to rebuild their lives and overcome these difficult moments.

iWalk reply on September 7th, 2008 12:05 am:

Thanks Dear friend, I think they are working hard to rebuild their lifes, with the regards of yours.

# 1 September 2008 at 11:12 pm

JH said:

Dear iWalk,

We all understand the significance and importance, the trip, location, history and memories that you had.

Our thoughts would always be with you and to share with you this special quote, “Lest We Forget” by Rudyard Kipling.

Take care and see you back soon !

iWalk reply on September 7th, 2008 12:22 am:

Dear JH,

I just came back a few hours ago.

I choosed the same time back HanWang with prime minister Wen JiaBao. It’s his third time visiting HanWang after the Earthquake.

HanWang has too much memory to us, yeah, “Lest We Forget”.

# 2 September 2008 at 1:56 am

lotusflower said:

Hello,

I know words are not enough to console people who go through the experience such as what you and your town’s gone through. Suffice it to say that my prayers are with you and I hope the process of healing and rebuilding comes soon!

Cheers!

iWalk reply on September 7th, 2008 12:34 am:

Thanks for your kindly prayers, my friend.
Yeah, The rebuilding and healing were hard, But it already began.

# 2 September 2008 at 2:21 pm

glorie said:

Hi iwalk,

moving on is the best to look forward of a brighter future! Good luck and take care!:)

iWalk reply on September 7th, 2008 12:46 am:

Dear Glorie, Yeah, Everything will get better with our struggle. I was so glad to see my parents and their colleagues’ optimism during the disaster.

# 2 September 2008 at 5:20 pm

yanjiaren said:

Ni Hao ma?

I am a xilaren and lived the same experience in 1981 and had to leave my country because of a bad earthquake so I know what you are feeling. We have to at least carry hope and whatever good memories we have with us into a better future.

iWalk reply on September 7th, 2008 12:56 am:

Ni Hao! My friend,

I feel so sorry that I can’t open your site this moment.

Thank you so much for sharing. You have rebuilded your life successfully, I hope our people can too.

Yeah, at least, we still have hope.

# 2 September 2008 at 6:55 pm

PowerSellerNYC said:

The pictures just made my heart sank. I found this blog after I heard the news that Usain Bolt donated money to the victims of the earthquake

iWalk reply on September 7th, 2008 1:00 am:

Thanks my friend.
Many warm-hearted people are helping disaster area. That’s the means of “we are the world”.

# 4 September 2008 at 3:04 am

Mobile PC said:

I hope that situation in the city now is going better.

iWalk reply on October 16th, 2008 8:36 pm:

Thank you so much for the kindly care, My friend.
Most of citizens already left there for a better life after earthquake. I don’t know when it will be rebuild.
But I hope everything will okay as quickly as possible.

# 16 October 2008 at 7:52 pm

Debo Hobo said:

Take care sorry for your loses.;(

# 24 October 2008 at 3:37 am

How To Crate Train Dog said:

Those are amazing photos. Breathtaking. Sorry for your loss.

# 21 November 2008 at 11:29 pm

iWalk (author) said:

Thanks again, my friends.

We are preparing winter supplies for the earthquake disaster area these days. Many of them are still living in tent in this cold day.

# 22 November 2008 at 4:11 pm

horoskop said:

Very sorry for your loss, and the loss of all the people of SiChuan.

iWalk reply on November 29th, 2008 4:35 pm:

Thanks horoskop, God will always help nice person!

# 29 November 2008 at 6:00 am

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