The ancient city wall is covered with snow in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 26, 2009. Majority of Shaanxi Province witnessed the first snow of this spring on Thursday. [Ding Haitao/Xinhua]
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![The ancient city wall is covered with snow in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 26, 2009. Majority of Shaanxi Province witnessed the first snow of this spring on Thursday. [Ding Haitao/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090227/000cf1a48b7f0b11852b04.jpg "The ancient city wall is covered with snow in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Feb. 26, 2009. Majority of Shaanxi Province witnessed the first snow of this spring on Thursday. [Ding Haitao/Xinhua]")
