![Qiao Zhenzhen picks up her daughter from a kindergarten in Beichuan county of Sichuan province on May 3, 2013. Qiao, 34, gave birth to her daughter, Yang Yuge, on June 24, 2009. She lost her only 8-year-old son in the 2008 earthquake. [Pan Songgang and Duan Xuemei/Asianewsphoto]](U363P886T1D62271F12DT20130507153111.jpg "Qiao Zhenzhen picks up her daughter from a kindergarten in Beichuan county of Sichuan province on May 3, 2013. Qiao, 34, gave birth to her daughter, Yang Yuge, on June 24, 2009. She lost her only 8-year-old son in the 2008 earthquake. [Pan Songgang and Duan Xuemei/Asianewsphoto]")
Qiao Zhenzhen picks up her daughter from a kindergarten in Beichuan county of Sichuan province on May 3, 2013. Qiao, 34, gave birth to her daughter, Yang Yuge, on June 24, 2009. She lost her only 8-year-old son in the 2008 earthquake. [Pan Songgang and Duan Xuemei/Asianewsphoto]
![Hu Yanhui and her son before their house in Beichuan county, Sichuan province on May 3, 2013. Hu, 37, gave birth to her son Fan Zihe on Autumn 5, 2009. She lost her only 8-year-old daughter in the 2008 earthquake. She and her families were resettled into a new house over 120 square meters by the local government in June 2011. [Pan Songgang and Duan Xuemei/Asianewsphoto]](U363P886T1D62271F14DT20130507153111.jpg "Hu Yanhui and her son before their house in Beichuan county, Sichuan province on May 3, 2013. Hu, 37, gave birth to her son Fan Zihe on Autumn 5, 2009. She lost her only 8-year-old daughter in the 2008 earthquake. She and her families were resettled into a new house over 120 square meters by the local government in June 2011. [Pan Songgang and Duan Xuemei/Asianewsphoto]")
Hu Yanhui and her son before their house in Beichuan county, Sichuan province on May 3, 2013. Hu, 37, gave birth to her son Fan Zihe on Autumn 5, 2009. She lost her only 8-year-old daughter in the 2008 earthquake. She and her families were resettled into a new house over 120 square meters by the local government in June 2011. [Pan Songgang and Duan Xuemei/Asianewsphoto]
Children born after the powerful magnitude 8.0 earthquake in Southwest China's Sichuan province on May 12, 2008 are gowning up, caressing the wounds of their bereaved parents who lost their children in the quake.
The catastrophic jolt left more than 8,000 families without their only child. After the quake, a surge in births was seen among the bereaved families.
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