An old couple sit shoulder to shoulder at a makeshift shelter in Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 25, 2008. Although the rescue work is continuing and survivors still shudder at the memory of the May 12 deadly quake, people in Sichuan are trying to return to normal life by giving support to each other.

An old couple walk hand-in-hand at a makeshift shelter in Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 25, 2008.

A man and his child sit together and chat at a makeshift shelter in Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 25, 2008.

An old woman kisses her grandson who survived from the earthquake, at a makeshift shelter in Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 25, 2008.

Students from the Chengdu Hairdressing School cut hair for army rescuers at a makeshift shelter in Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 25, 2008.

Army rescuer Chang Chunlei teaches Wang Qin to write in the tent of a makeshift shelter in Mianzhu City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 25, 2008.

(Xinhua News Agency May 26, 2008)