In their art class, students at Yutang Middle School in Dujiangyan paint bookmarks in a variety of bright colours and individual designs. The artworks give a totally different feeling to the paintings created shortly after the earthquake. Then, their art teacher, Liang Ming, encourages them to give voice to their feelings of loss and fear through their paintings. She says they have moved on considerably from then, but emotional recovery is still a gradual process.
By Francis Markus