Sichuan Wenchuan earthquake ruins photography tour diary                  

14/11D1:Chengdu-Pengzhou county( about 952 died)（80KM）
Mr. Ambroise flew from Paris to Hongkong, then transferred to Chengdu by KA820
About Mr. Mr. Ambroise: pl visit: http://www.ambroisetezenas.com/

I am tourguide, my name is Zhongwen(male,speaking German and English, a little French, worked 22 years in travel agent, manager of Sichuan China Travel Service, the eldest and biggest travel agent in Chengdu) , the driver names Wu
13:20 we met Mr. Ambroise in Chengdu airport.
13:26 we drove to "Sichuan 5.12 Earthquake Ruins"-Pengzhou(county-level city, high way to Pengzhou)  80KM
14:32 we arrived in Pengzhou county, then went on to Xiaoyudong town.  34KM
15:45 we arrived in Xiaoyudong bride, took pictures for Earthquake Ruins- broken and new Xiaoyudong bridge.
16:40 we drove to Bailu town, 40 KM
17:30 we arrived Bailu town, took pictures for Earthquake Ruins-Shangshuyuan church(Lingbaoshuyuan )
The Shangshuyuan Church is located in Group 2, Huishui Village, Bailu Town, Pengzhou City in Chengdu. Its construction started in 1895 and, after 13 years, it was completed in 1908. The church was built by a French Catholic  missionary and the building occupies a land area of 10440 square metres, including the main building, the north and south foyers and St. Mary's Worshipping Auditorium, which occupied 4434 square metres.
The priests did a wonderful job. They spread the gospel to the villagers with much patience and resilience. They faced the obstacles and real-life struggles as martyrs, and carefully disseminated God's gospel among the villagers. To enhance their evangelism, they even took measures to please the villagers, such as announcing that whoever becomes a Catholic can enjoy free Western medical treatment, and they would help those who did not own any fields to grow crops. They would even send lonely, old people to the nursing home they had set up. Children could go to school for free.
The missionary would also matchmake for those who were single.
As a result, more and more Chinese people walked into the church and had themselves baptised, attended worship services in the church regularly. In the mass hysteria of repentence and prayer, the hope of going to heaven filled the hearts of the villagers.
According to historical writings, during the Ming and Qing dynasties in ancient China, there were as many as 10 000 Ca  tholic  believers in Sichuan Province. In Bailu Town, as many as 1000 villagers were baptised. 
In those years many bridegrooms and brides come to the Shangshuyuan Church for wedding photograph. 33 persons(nobody died) for wedding photograph do not forget that time on 14:28 12 May 2008 in Shangshuyuan Church.

19:00 we arrived in Tangwen country villa for overnight, ( the country vila is not luxury, but wireless Internet is ok, tourists may degustate the local dinner and drink new alcohol from handwork workshop)

Bailu is a town in Pengzhou .Its beautiful landscape attacted so many tourists every year but Wenchuan earthquake ruined everything. Now the local government is working hard for the restoration of the tourist economy.The most noteworthy in Bailu is the site of Wenchuan  earthquake.You can find a school  was safe but the gound was risen 3 meters because of the earthquake .The old church and village with French Characteristics  in there are also attractive .
Now many new peasent houses (French architecture) like villa, the life of peasants is better now.

15/11D2: Pengzhou-Shifang（50KM）-Mianzhu（30KM）
08:00 we had Chinese breakfast(but guide brought coffee for Mr. Ambroise)
09:00 we took pictures for Earthquake Ruins-broken Zhongfa bridge(Chinese French bridge) and broken Bailu school ( 1 school building was 3 meter higher than before, but not broken down)
10:38 we drove to"Sichuan 5.12 Earthquake Ruins"-Shifang county Chuanxindian site 50KM
12:00 we took pictures for Earthquake Ruins-Shifang (county-level city, about 5924 died,214 lost, 33027wounded) Sichuan Province Shihua Stock CO.,LTD and Yinghua stock company, a new earthquake square will be built in front of Yinghua stock company.
14:13 we drove to "Sichuan 5.12 Earthquake Ruins"-Mianzhu (county-level city, about 11104 died, 298 lost, 37141 wounded) Hanwang Zhen 42Km, we took pictures for Earthquake Ruins- the stopped clock showed the time of the disaster: 2:45pm. broken old Hanwang Zhen.(Hanwan Zhen is a industry twon, about 3000 killed in Wenchuan 5.12 Earthquake.)
17:12 we drove to Mianzhu down town for overnight, dinner is mushrooms soup.

16/11D3:Mianzhu( about 11104 died)-Chengdu（150KM）
09:00 we drove back to Hanwang Zhen( about 3000 died )  10Km for taking pictures of the world's largest temporary living areas
10:00 we drove to Chengdu Panda Base  90Km
12:20 we visited Chengdu Panda Base, tourists will have many informaations about panda from this Panda Base.  
13:20 we drove to Chengdu down town, visited Wenshu temple, in this temple tourists may have maigre dinner.
16:00 we drove to hotel for overnight

17/11D4: Chengdu-Yingxiu-Wenchuan-Dujiangyan
09:13 we drove to "Sichuan 5.12 Earthquake Ruins"-Yingxiu town( about 8000 died )     high way,100KM
     along Zipingpu reservoir, overlooked the earthquake Fresco.
11:00 we arrived in Yingxiu town and took pictures for Xuankou middle school( about 53 died), Xuankou grade school( about 250 died), temporary living area, earthquake cemetery, broken Baihua bridge, Niumiangou(Niujuangou) hypocenter.
13:15 we drove to "Sichuan 5.12 Earthquake Ruins"-Wenchuan county( about 15941 died)    70KM
     took pictures for Red Amy bridge, Wenchuan bus station, new Wenchuan hospital
15:00 we drove back to Dujiangyan.on the way we took pictures for broken Chediguan bridge, the earthquake stone in house,Broken Yiwanshui villag in earthquake lake.
18:30 we arrived Dujiangyan county( about 3069 died),, overnight in famer villa at the foot of Mt. Qingcheng

18/111D5:Dujiangyan-Chengdu
we visited Dujiangyan Irrigation System
The Dujiangyan Irrigation system is a miracle of ancient Chinese ingenuity. Before the completion of Dujiangyan irrigation project, the plains around the Min River were prone to floods due to the fast moving Min River flowing down from its mountain source and meeting flat ground. It was in the Warring States period about 2200 years ago, that the engineer Li Bing and his son led the construction of the Dujiangyan irrigation system that tamed the phantasmagoric Min River and irrigated the surrounding plains.
    The central brilliant idea of the project is the annual silt removal and maintenance plan devised by Li Bing that ensures the projects long-term usefulness. The actual structure of the project includes a dyke that divides the Min River into inner and outer flows. The inner flow is then redirected to irrigate local farm land. One interesting thing about the irrigation system is that the project is still in operation and has trebled its original irrigation area of 1 million hectares.

Then we drove to Juyuan town for taking picture of Junyuan middle school, the broken Junyuan middle school ( about 287 died),is no more, but the new Junyuan Middle School

After a devastating 8 earthquake hit China on May 12, around 900 students were buried when a school collapsed near the Chinese city of Chengdu, Sichuan's provincial capital. According to a report in the Scientific American the school's collapse was caused by the 6.0 aftershock. 287 students and teachers died.
We drove to Chengdu for overnight, afternoon will be free. Good bye Dinner is Hot Pot(chaffy dish).
Chengdu people love Hot Pot, which is basically a big bowl with a divider at the middle. Usually, in one side of the bowl is a chili pepper soup, and the other side is a bland soup, so the quests could have two flavor in one time. Underneath the pot is a gas flame. You sit with a bunch of raw dishes in front of you [meats, vegetables and more] and put them in the boiling soup, retrieving them later with your chopsticks, taste it, oh, what a delicious food in the world!
19/11D6: departure Chengdu departure: thursday 19th november at 14h05
10:30 we drove to Wangjiang Bamboo Park
Located in Chengdu city of Sichuan Province, and covered with flourishing forest and bamboo along the bank of Jinjiang River outside the city's eastern gate, Wangjianglou Park occupies an area of 120,000 square meters. Inside the Park, the paths are hedged in by lush bamboos, while the river shore is lined with willows and fenced with stone rails. The pavilions and halls mirrored in the gleaming river water set off each other. It's a historic site in memory of Xuetao, a female poet of the Tang Dynasty as well as a famous scenic spot. it is a free park, drinking tee , you will see: playing card or mah-jong in tee house, playing shadowboxing. Playing Chinese dancing, playing Chinese Kong Fu, cleaning ears, cleaning shoes. This is off hours of Chengdu people.

11:15 we drove to o Chengdu airport, our famous French photographer- Mr. Ambroise must fly to Hongkong and transfer to Paris. His wife and 2 children are waiting for his coming back.

We hope our famous French photographer- Mr. Ambroise many photography success.

We hope our famous French photographer- Mr. Ambroise come back to China for photography to Tibet and province Guizhou and Yunnan, Southwest China is minority concentrated area.
SSichuan(55 minorities) Yunnan(51 minorities) Guizhou(48 minorities )Tibet(41 minorities)

 Wroten by Mr Zhongwen He

19.11.2009

 

pictures：：
Wenchuan Yingxiu

    

                   high way to Wenchuan                                      512 Wenchuan earthquake ruins

 

 

                                  Yinxiu   earthquake ruins                                                          broken Baihua bridge

 

                               broken road                                                                                     Yingxiu

 

                                                       Yingxiu                                                                          Yingxiuu

Pengzhou:
 

                          Pengzhou brokenschool                                Pengzhou Xiaoyudong bridge

   

 Shifang:

 
                Mianzhu Shifang Ruins     

   

                                             Mianzhu Shifang Ruinss

Mianzhu Hanwang town:

  

Mianzhu Hanwan bell tower                       Mianzhu Hanwan Ruins