After the earthquake, Kaneda Village: Tents, medical teams, and beef noodles supported the fireworks

Reporter Wang Denghai, Wang Jinlong, Huang Yongxu, and Qinghai Minhe report

Tents erected at the resettlement site in Jintian Village, where the affected villagers were temporarily accommodated. Wang Denghai/Photography

At 23:59 on December 18, a 6.2-magnitude earthquake occurred in Jishishan County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province. After the earthquake, a large amount of silt poured into the village caused by the sudden earthquake in Jintian Village and Caotan Village in Zhongchuan Township, causing many houses to be surrounded and buried.

On December 21, the reporter of "China Business Daily" learned at the disaster relief site of Jintian Village, Zhongchuan Township, Minhe County, that many houses in Jintian Village were swallowed by silt, the passage between the courtyards in the village had been filled with sediment, dozens of excavators, and a number of rescue forces were still working non-stop, and the rescue work was still in progress.

At the rescue site, the reporter saw that hundreds of tents had been set up at the temporary resettlement site in Jintian Village, the affected people had been properly resettled, and relief materials such as heating equipment, food, and medicine had also been put in place, and relief materials from all over the country were being transported to the disaster area one after another.

"I moved into a tent on the night of the earthquake"

Jintian Village, Minhe County, is one of the hardest hit areas in the Qinghai earthquake area. Shortly after the earthquake in the middle of the night on December 18, thick mud with a wave head of up to 3 meters rolled into the village, causing many houses in the village to collapse, causing casualties and missing contacts.

On December 21, in many villages along the way to Jintian Village, the reporter saw the most important material tents after the earthquake, some of which were set up in front of the villagers' homes, some in the open space in the village, and some people were setting up tents.

On the way to Jintian Village, the reporter saw tents set up in many villages along the route, and the villagers were worried about the danger of aftershocks and lived in tents. Wang Denghai/Photography

"We were all 5 in a tent, but there were more people. Wang Meihua, a villager of Tiger Wolf City Village, told reporters that after the earthquake, relief materials from all walks of life have arrived, but Tiger Wolf City Village is not a serious disaster area, but affected by the earthquake, some people's houses have cracks, worried that there will be aftershocks, have to live in tents.

Wang Meihua told reporters that someone had already come to register the damage to the house that day, and in addition to the cracking of some villagers' houses, the damage in their village was relatively minor, and it has gradually returned to normal in the past few days.

When this reporter arrived at Jintian Village, the resettlement of the victims of the disaster in Jintian Village was still being carried out in an orderly manner.

In a clearing around the village of Kaneda, two rows of tents are lined up one after the other, with the words "disaster relief" prominently emblazoned. A chimney sticks out of each tent, and from time to time green smoke rises from it, and a thick smell of soot wafts through the air.

Tents set up at the temporary resettlement site in Jintian Village, where the affected people in Jintian Village were housed. Wang Denghai/Photography

"We arrived here at 2 o'clock in the morning on the 19th, and began to connect with the earthquake relief headquarters to do some preliminary work, and at the same time, our supplies were also being loaded. At the resettlement site in Jintian Village, An Jun, deputy director of the Relief and Rescue Department of the Qinghai Provincial Red Cross Society, pointed to a row of tents and told reporters that on the 19th, their first batch of supplies had arrived one after another, including tents, folding beds, quilts, cotton coats, etc.

"Winters are very cold here, and coal is a must-have to keep you warm. An Jun told reporters that with the arrival of tents and other relief materials, the affected people in Jintian Village have been resettled, and the affected people have been placed in tents to prevent carbon dioxide poisoning, which has also become an important work step in the resettlement work.

In a tent in the resettlement site in Jintian Village, there are three beds and an iron stove, which is full of fire, with bedding on the bed and milk and other materials on the side.

Temporary resettlement site in Kaneda Village. Wang Denghai/Photography

"We have been affected here, and there is support from all over the country, thank you. In the interview, Yang Shenglin told reporters about the thrilling scene of sand surge after the earthquake and mud invasion of Jintian Village, and also expressed his gratitude to the disaster relief workers from all over the country.

Yang Shenglin told reporters that on the first night after the earthquake, they moved into tents, but there was no coal stove that night, and they survived the cold all night.

In order to make it easier for people in the post-earthquake resettlement site to see a doctor, a tent in Jintian Village has also set up a temporary medical site.

"In the past few days, we have carried out health screenings on some of the affected people, mainly equipped with some commonly used medicines. Bao Junhai, a doctor at Minhe County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, told reporters that the medical point is a four-person medical team composed of medical staff from Minhe County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the Second People's Hospital of Minhe County, mainly to provide treatment for common diseases such as colds for the affected people and rescuers.

The staff of the State Grid who came from Ledu, Qinghai to support are working. Wang Denghai/Photography

In front of the tent at the resettlement site, Master Tu, a State Grid worker who had arrived from Ledu District, and his colleagues were cutting wires and pipes.

"Slept 3 hours the night before and 3 hours last night. Master Tu told reporters that after the earthquake, a group of 15 people rushed to the earthquake-stricken area, and they arrived at the disaster area in 2 hours, and they made every effort to ensure the power supply of Jintian Village in the past few days. "If you doze off, you can sleep for a while, and if you don't doze off, you can continue to do it. ”

There was a long queue of trucks delivering supplies

At the scene, the reporter saw that there were also vehicles pulling rescue and transfer materials to keep coming, bringing instant noodles, mineral water, shelf beds, iron stoves, bedding and other relief materials. The staff relayed the materials and discharged them on the open field. Under the guidance of the staff, the affected people lined up to receive relief materials in an orderly manner.

"We have moved into tents and distributed beds, bedding and coal. A villager who received relief materials at the resettlement site in Jintian Village told reporters that compared with a few days ago, the relief materials in Jintian Village are now more abundant and more varied. "There's more and more stuff in the tent. ”

Under the guidance of the staff, the affected people lined up to receive relief supplies. Wang Denghai/Photography

During the disaster, the students of Guanting Tu Middle School were urgently transferred to Minhe County due to cracks in many houses, and the school became a temporary distribution center for relief materials.

On the afternoon of the 21st, the reporter saw at the scene that there was a steady stream of materials delivered from all over the country, and the material vehicles lined up at the gate of Guanting Tu Middle School.

Li Guining, a truck driver, sent relief materials from the Qinghai Provincial Supply and Marketing Association. "More than a dozen cars came together, with warm supplies and all kinds of food. ”

Yue Zhanfu, who came from Xining, sent pillows, quilts, bread, feminine products, etc., and this was his second visit to the disaster site, having already delivered a truckload of supplies to another village the day before.

"From one and a half last night, to the present. Another truck driver, who did not want to be named, drove more than 10 hours from Xi'an, 700 kilometers away, to Guanting Tu Middle School.

At about 6 o'clock in the evening of the 21st, as night fell, the temperature gradually decreased, and a truckload of relief materials from the First Construction Company of China Construction Sixth Bureau arrived at Guanting Tu Middle School.

"We urgently purchased tents, cotton clothes, quilts, hats, bread, ham sausages, instant noodles, mineral water and other materials in Gansu and Qinghai, and set up three convoys to transport them to Jishishan County, Linxia Prefecture, Gansu Province, Guanting Town, Haidong County, Qinghai Province, and Qingshui Township, Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, to ensure the basic livelihood of the local people. The relevant person in charge of the company told reporters.

Smoke in the pot

In addition to rescue forces from all over the country, local villagers are also doing their best to recover from their panic and face this sudden disaster together.

At the rescue site in Jintian Village, the reporter saw three female villagers busy around a large iron stove, wearing headscarves to protect against the cold. They are all villagers of Jintian Village, and they are the lucky ones in this disaster.

A pot of flag flower noodles is steaming on the iron stove, several cardboard boxes on the ground are filled with oil cakes, fritters and other local specialty foods, and there are cooking oil, instant noodles, mineral water and other relief materials in the open space not far away.

Villagers in Jintian Village volunteered to cook for the victims and rescue workers. Wang Denghai/Photography

"After the earthquake, we were here [cooking] and people in the village who could work, especially young people, would come and help. Ma Lanying, a villager in Jintian Village, told reporters that the day after the earthquake, they set up a stove to let the affected people and rescuers from all walks of life have a hot meal.

"The house collapsed, but the people were fine. Ma Lanying pointed to a nearby village and told reporters that her house was also destroyed in the earthquake, but fortunately, her family was safe.

Ramen is the most popular and popular noodle dish in Qinghai, and it may be the best comfort for the people in the disaster area to be able to eat a bowl of steaming beef noodles on this cold winter day.

At the resettlement site in Jintian Village, several caring people from Bazigou Village, Xiamen Town, Minhe County, 70 kilometers away, also set up stoves here and made ramen for the victims and rescue workers for free.

Kneading noodles, ramen, scooping noodles, scooping soup, pouring chili oil...... In front of the simple stall, five or six young masters had a clear division of labor and skillful movements, and in an instant, bowls of steaming beef noodles came out of the pot, and the affected people and rescue workers lined up in an orderly manner.

"It's been two days since I came, and yesterday it lasted until eight or nine o'clock in the evening. A ramen chef surnamed Han told reporters that after the earthquake, they all came to support with materials spontaneously, and they were all busy in front of the waiting crowd.

At the resettlement site in Jintian Village, caring people from Bazigou Village, Xiamen Town, Minhe County, made ramen for the victims and rescuers for free. Wang Denghai/Photography

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