China mourns quake victims one year after quake

About 2,000 kilometers away on the Tian'anmen Square in the heart of Beijing, thousands of people stood in silence for three minutes, before someone started to sing the national anthem. More people soon joined in the chorus.

Students gather around candles displaying "Wenchuan" and  "512" during an activity to mourn for the victims of the  May 12, 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, at the Harbin Institute  of Technology in Harbin, capital of northeast China's  Heilongjiang Province, May 12, 2009, the anniversary of  the fatal Wenchuan earthquake. (Xinhua Photo)

Then they waved their arms and shouted "Come on, China", "Come on, Wenchuan".

In front of a big screen outside the Institute Cervantes in the Chaoyang district, some Chinese and Spanish people stood in three lines to pay their condolences.

Numerous yellow ribbon were tied to railings, tree branches, lamp poles as well as taxis in the neighboring Tianjin Municipality on Tuesday.

At 2:28 p.m., Chen Lei from the Sino-Germany vocational school stopped giving out the ribbons, lowering her head to mourn for the dead.