Xinhua News Agency, Xining, January 9th. Title: Feature: A touch of smoke from the homes of herdsmen in the “red” Shouwang quake-stricken area—seeing and hearing after the earthquake in Mongolian Township, Huangcheng, Menyuan County, Qinghai Province
Xinhua News Agency reporters Li Ning, Li Linhai, Liu Zexing
In the vast grassland, white clouds are long, a touch of “red” slowly marching on the yellowed grassland, especially eye-catching.
On January 9, in Maying Village, Mongolian Township, Huangcheng, Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, Wan Ma Cairang (first from right), the village party branch secretary, was investigating housing safety hazards in villagers’ homes.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Long
On the morning of the 9th, in Maying Village, Mongolian Township, Huangcheng, Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, wearing a red vest printed with the words “Party Member Vanguard”, Wan Ma Cairang, Party Branch Secretary of Maying Village, came to Chamao, a villager Investigate hidden dangers of housing safety at home.
Speaking of the earthquake, Chamao’s family had lingering fears. “When the earthquake happened, the wooden beams of the house were always shaking and the noise was loud.” Chamao said that there are 200 sheep and 30 cows in the family, although the earthquake caused some losses to the family. , But now the livestock can be raised normally without much impact.
At 1:45 on the 8th, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred in Menyuan County. Huangcheng Mongolian Township, with an average elevation of more than 3,000 meters, is the township closest to the epicenter. Nearly 2,000 herdsmen live here.
On January 9, in Maying Village, Mongolian Township, Huangcheng, Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, members of the Communist Service Team of the Menyuan County Power Supply Company of the State Grid Qinghai Electric Power Company inspected electrical circuits in the villagers’ homes.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Long
“Look at the house carefully again to see where there are cracks and hidden dangers.” Wanma Cairan said, while recording the situation of Chamao’s house in a notebook in detail. “If you have any difficulties in your life, please tell me in time. The party and the government will do their best to solve them. Everyone is united and believes that the disaster will pass soon.”
Outside Chamao’s house, Li Wenke of the Communist Service Team of the Menyuan County Power Supply Company of the State Grid Qinghai Electric Power Company put on the foot buckles and quickly climbed up the telephone pole to carefully check the connection of the wires in the distribution box. “For the earthquake relief workers and the masses, electricity is needed for lighting and heating, and there shouldn’t be any problem with the circuit.” Li Wenke told reporters.
At noon on the 9th, the sun was evenly sprayed on the grass field. Following the cooking smoke in the distance, the reporter came to the home of Fu Shabao, a herder in Maying Village. A family of 5 people was eating around the stove, the stove was burning vigorously, and the fragrance of milk tea bursts. On the pasture outside the house, more than 300 sheep of his family are lowering their heads to eat. The tranquil grassland scenery makes it easy to forget the earthquake that happened here a day ago.
“The earthquake shattered the house at home, so I dared not go back to live. Fortunately, the government sent us a tent, or we would have been frozen last night.” Fu Shabao said that because of cracks in the house after the earthquake, the local party committee On the 8th, the government set up a temporary disaster relief tent for their home, and also delivered warm materials such as electric mattresses and coal.
On January 9th, in Maying Village, Mongolian Township, Huangcheng, Menyuan Hui Autonomous County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, herder Fu Shabao was preparing forage to feed sheep.Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Long
Sitting in the warm tent, Poshabao’s son Sonam Dorje was eating noodles suckingly, and from time to time he talked about funny things about school with his father beside him. He was studying at Menyuan County Vocational and Technical School, and he returned home from winter vacation two days before the earthquake. “I shook so badly during the earthquake, I was very flustered, but I was not afraid to be with my family.”
“The bun is ready, eat quickly.” In Xitan Village, Huangcheng Township, Dorje Cairen, who had just filled the stove with cow dung, washed his hands and greeted his 10-year-old son to eat. On the dinner table, there is a bowl of steamed buns and a plate of steaming stir-fries, including lamb, potatoes, cabbage, and vermicelli.
“My husband and the village cadres went to the villagers’ homes early in the morning to investigate hidden dangers. At noon, my son and I will simply cook a dish.” Dorje Cairen added a piece of mutton to his son and said, “We’ll wait for my husband to come back in the evening. Make dumplings and let him have a warm meal.”
The sky was getting dark, the grass field was lit up with lights, the herders drove the cattle and sheep back into the pen, and the smoke rising from the houses and tents, but these workers wearing “red vests” still rushed to the front line of the earthquake zone, leaving the most A bright touch of “red”.
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