勿忘5?12：北川地震遗址开放祭奠[中英]

　　China opens quake-leveled county to mourners for anniversary

　　勿忘5?12：地震后温总理的十句话

　　地震一周年之际的北川祭奠，鲜花比以往任何时候都要多。5月10日13时刚过，前来祭奠的车辆已经从老县城入口处停到了3公里外的凉风垭羌寨。一束束被捧在手上的黄色和白色的菊花，汇成了河流，静静向北川流淌。

　　从5月10日下午至13日，为方便群众祭奠亲人，北川老县城连续开禁4天。今天是北川地震遗址开放接受居民祭奠的第一天，气温随着人流的增多逐渐上升。细心的北川民警们在维护秩序的同时，不忘搬来一箱箱矿泉水，免费发给前来祭奠的居民。一个简单的递水动作，往往能让悲伤的眼神、僵硬的面庞多出一丝柔和。

　　望乡台、北川县政府、北川汽车站等遗址前已经摆满了鲜花，前来祭奠亲人的居民，甚至前来采访的媒体记者，都会先在废墟前献上一束花。几个新修建的水泥槽，是方便人们燃放鞭炮、敬上香烛和纸钱的地方。几座废墟的墙上，刷上了巨大的黑底白字的标语：“沉痛悼念‘5?12’汶川大地震遇难同胞”，提醒着人们地震周年的到来。

　　The quake-devastated Beichuan county seat in southwest China's Sichuan Province reopened Sunday to residents to mourn the dead ahead of the first anniversary of the disaster.

　　Some 21,000 people, or two-thirds of the county seat's population, were dead or missing in the 8.0-magnitude earthquake on May 12 last year, making the county the worst hit in the quake.

　　The county will be open for four days till Wednesday.

　　Mourners brought flowers, incense and candles and set off firecrackers in the ruins of former bus stations, county government buildings and homes. The police distributed bottled water to the crowd for free.

　　"I come here today to tell my mom that dad, sister and I will live a better life. I miss her and I will often come to see her," said Zheng Chengrong, a student who returned from a vocational college in Mianyang City and dedicated flowers to her mother.

　　Zheng's younger sister studies at Beichuan Middle School, where more than 1,000 students were dead or missing in the quake. Construction of the new school will begin on May 12.

　　"I wish my sister can study hard to enter the senior high school. My mom would be very happy then if she knew that," Zheng said.

　　Cheng Piyi and Huang Guiqiong, a couple who lost their daughter, brought their 16-month son to Beichuan.

　　"We wish she could see the flowers," Cheng said. "When our son grows up, we will tell him that he had a sister who liked him very much."

　　The town has been closed since May 20 last year. It reopened to former residents during Qingming, or tomb-sweeping day, in April.

　　A new county seat will be built 23 km from the former one. The new town is expected to have 58,000 residents in 2010 and 110,000 in 2020.