Poetry: United efforts for earthquake relief - "The Dawn of Life" (1) 0 Recommendations The Dawn of Life (1) The sky collapsed and the earth collapsed in Western Sichuan. Disasters came unexpectedly. Natural disasters came suddenly. Mountains and rivers lost their color in a moment. Brightness sank in an instant. Entering the darkness. At 14:28 on May 12, 2008, please remember this moment. Please remember this eternal pain. An unforeseen catastrophe swept across most of China from Wenchuan, destroying our beautiful home in an instant. The earth was shaking with heavy rain. Homes are ravaging, collapsing, and life is crying. Pairs of hands for help stretch out beyond the ruins with difficulty. The Mother River. The Mother River that irrigates the fertile fields of the Chengdu Plain. The Mother River that nurtures hundreds of millions of children in the Land of Abundance. The Mother River that gave birth to ancient China. The mother river of civilization, the mother river that grew from the trickling stream of the magical Jiuzhaigou into a great river. Our mother river, the Minjiang River, is crying. Traffic is interrupted, communication is interrupted, water and electricity are interrupted, houses collapse, schools collapse, hospitals collapse, the beautiful Beichuan County is razed to the ground, Dujiangyan The city is full of ruins, Mianyang, Mianzhu, Deyang, Qingchuan, Maoxian, Li County, Chengdu... Guang'an, Guangyuan, Meishan, Ya'an, Nanchong, Ziyang, Suining... devastated Chongqing, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Yunnan, Henan, Hunan... scarred, and Wenchuan, the epicenter of the earthquake, suddenly lost a trace. Hours and two hours have passed and there is no news. Twelve hours have passed and there is deathly silence. Twenty-four hours have passed and Wenchuan is still silent. Wenchuan, as beautiful as a paradise, has captured the hearts of the people across the country. People ask Wenchuan in various ways, how are you? The number of casualties is rising every minute. Lives are leaving every second. Under every rubble, our flesh and blood compatriots may be buried. Every painful groan is full of desire for life. Our brothers, sisters, fathers and fellow villagers are tenaciously fighting under the rubble. Fighting against fate, the disaster is tugging at the hearts of the people across the country, and the hearts of the party and state leaders. Time means that one life can be saved as early as one second. The disaster situation means that disaster relief is ordered without delay. The Party Central Committee and the State Council ordered an unprecedented earthquake relief operation. Immediately launch support from all sides when one side is in trouble. The People's Liberation Army armed police officers, soldiers, and public security officers urgently mobilized water, land and air to advance to the disaster area. Medical teams, rescue teams, and fire brigade expert groups were quickly formed and rushed to the disaster area from various cities across the country. Food, tents, supplies, and life-saving facilities were rescued. Equipment was quickly deployed to disaster areas from all over the country