The Sichuan earthquake of magnitude 8.0 affected several provinces in western China, drawing the attention of the whole country and shocking the world. The number of dead and injured in the Sichuan disaster area alone exceeded 400,000 people. Since the founding of the country in 1949, this has been the most serious natural disaster suffered by the Chinese nation. In an instant, millions of parents lost their children and became lonely, countless children could not find their relatives and became orphans, and countless able-bodied people joined the ranks of the disabled.