The Great Sichuan Earthquake took place at 1428 on May 12 2008 In the days after ordinary people salvage destroyed pig farms in the mountains collect cheap scrapped metals or pillaging other victims homes Behind the media circus of official visits is an inconsolable grief of families searching for loved ones As the Lunar New Year approaches vagabonds and family tell of the illhandling of rebuilding schemes and misuse relief funds As they prepare for another visit from a high official the refugees are swept out of the town and into tent cities The promise to put a roof over their heads before winter seems impossible to keep
