It was meant to be the happiest day of their lives.
But the Chinese earthquake turned their lives upside down.
Newly-wed bride Hai Jiao Bailushuyuan and her husband Tang Di were gathering guests together(33 people inc photographers) in front of a 100 yrs old church for photographs when the 7.9 magnitude tremor struck.
Then the ground began to shake and masonry tumbled from the church.
This picturesque Catholic monastery, where the pictures were due to be taken, was reduced to a pile of rubble in just 8 SECONDS.
These snaps of the devastation were taken by bewildered wedding photographer Wang Qiang.
Tang Di said later that he believed they had survived the quake because the once-majestic, 100-year-old church was a “blessed place”.
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