China Exclusive: Quake survivors pursuing happiness in new marriage

　　4月26日，一场集体婚礼在汶川地震重灾区四川省北川县吉娜羌寨举行，参加婚礼的20对北川重组家庭新人种下20棵百年爱心感恩树，举行坝坝宴，接受当地干部群众的祝福。集体婚礼尽显羌族婚礼民俗元素，喜庆祥和。

　　Bride Deng Ling supported a sapling upright while her sweetheart Li Jun bowed to spade earth into the pit carefully, expecting happiness in their coming marriage life.

　　With tears running down her face, 38-year-old Deng made a wish: "We plant the sapling and hope it will bring fruit and happiness to us."

　　Deng and Li were among the 40 people who lost their spouses in the May 12 earthquake last year. They tied the knot at a group wedding on Sunday in the worst hit Beichuan County in China's southwestern Sichuan Province.

　　The wedding service, funded by the local government, was held in accordance with the folk customs of the Qiang ethnic group in Beichuan. The county lost two-thirds of its population in the quake.

　　The magnitude-8.0 quake hit southwest China, including most parts of Sichuan, and killed more than 69,000 people. It also left nearly 18,000 missing, more than 374,000 injured and millions homeless.

　　On Sunday, the 20 couples planted 20 trees at the wedding ceremony to appreciate the caring from others and expect happiness in their own life, according to the wedding organizer.

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