Citizens mourn around candles during a memorial ceremony in Guilin, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 19, 2008. China began on Monday a three-day mourning for the victims of the 8.0-magnitude quake on Richter scale hitting southwest and northwest China on May 12.

A girl mourns in heart-shaped candles at a memorial ceremony in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, May 19, 2008. China began on Monday a three-day mourning for the victims of the 8.0-magnitude quake on Richter scale hitting southwest and northwest China on May 12.