5月12日下午14时28分,四川省汶川县发生里氏8.0级特大地震,给当地及周边地区人民群众的生命和财产造成重大损失。灾情牵动着全国人民的心。5月13日上午,国家宗教局号召宗教界和机关干部职工积极响应党中央、国务院的部署,发扬“一方有难、八方支援”的精神,紧急开展向受灾地区捐款的活动,为灾区人民渡过难关、重建家园提供力所能及的帮助。 At 1428 on May 12, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake hit Wenchuan County in Sichuan Province, causing heavy losses to the lives and property of the people in the area and in the surrounding areas. Disaster affects the hearts of people across the country. On the morning of May 13, the State Religious Affairs Bureau called on the religious circles and the cadres and workers of the organs to respond positively to the deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council and to carry forward the spirit of “hardship on one side and support from the rest of the world” on an emergency basis to donate money to disaster-hit areas. People through the storm, rebuild their homes to provide whatever assistance.