As Chengdu was unscathed in the devastating quake, which killed nearly 70,000 nationwide, its tourism sector picked up the pieces about a month after the quake, the epicenter of which was 92 km away in Wenchuan county.

Although it is nearly three months since the devastating May 12 earthquake, some residents outside Sichuan province who call their friends in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan, ask if there are still aftershocks and end the conversation saying "you have led a hard life".