Persistent pig still inspires years later

He Chunjin's mouth fell open and his eyes widened when he first caught sight of Strong Pig, the sow that survived for 36 days trapped under the rubble of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake.

"She's amazing!" the excited 54-year-old exclaimed as he stared at the animal in her enclosure at the private Jianchuan Museum in Chengdu, Sichuan province.

"Her survival made her a superstar. And she really deserves the honor," he said, adding that he had traveled from Deyang, a city about 50 kilometers away, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the disaster on Saturday.