Photo taken on March 20, 2009 shows snow-covered flowers near the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 20, 2009. A snowfall occurred in Lhasa on the night of March 19. [Xinhua]
An earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted Sichuan Province at 2:28 PM on May 12.
![Photo taken on March 20, 2009 shows snow-covered flowers near the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 20, 2009. A snowfall occurred in Lhasa on the night of March 19. [Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20090320/000cf1a48b7f0b2d85b10f.jpg "Photo taken on March 20, 2009 shows snow-covered flowers near the Potala Palace in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 20, 2009. A snowfall occurred in Lhasa on the night of March 19. [Xinhua]")
