Psychological resilience is given a lot of attention in studies relating to handling pres-sure and individual development. Psychological re-silience refers to one being able to maintain a rela-tively stable and healthy psychological well-being after experiencing stressful events, such as hurt or loss. This resilience has a multi-level complicated structure,and results from a dynamic interaction of the individual,social,cultural and other social fac-tors. Although there is yet no a common definition of psychological resilience in academic circles, it seems that the concept of psychological resilience reflects much more the dynamic process of the individuals’ ability to adjust after experiencing dif-ficulties/adversity. The Wenchuan Earthquake that occurred on May 12 not only brought many injuries, death and loss to the Qiang people,but it also created psycho-logical trauma of different degrees for the survi-vors. This research discovered that differences in ethnic cultures endow individuals differences in cognition, responses and coping mechanisms when facing the same disaster. How did the Qiang survi-vors from the earthquake manage their psychologi-cal trauma after the disaster? What kinds of factors were helpful for the individual’s psychological resil-ience? This became our focus. This article tries to use a qualitative research methodology and semi-structured interviews to understand the cognition, responses and coping mechanisms of Qiang earth-quake survivors;it explores the factors influencing the Qiang’s psychological resilience; and provides the basis for the ethnic minorities’ post -disaster psychological resilience. We used the methodology of“purposeful sam-pling” to select a research target in Mao county and Li county of Aba Tibetan-Qiang Autonomous Prefecture,Sichuan province. These are two places which were severely impacted when the earthquake happened on May 12 . Based on the results of for-mer investigations and research on post -disaster psychologically healthy coping mechanisms, we se-lected 12 victims of the earthquake as our research target,among which five were female; seven were men; and their ages ranged from 30 to 65 years old. In order to maintain the authenticity and cir-cumstances of the research objectives,this study a-dopted a qualitative research methodology,followed by a research methodology grounded in theory to do collection,analysis,coding and model construction. Using the qualitative analysis software Nvivo 10. 0 , firstly,we input all the interview materials into the databank; secondly, we coded all the data in the databank; and thirdly,we made a classification of all contents being coded and tried to explore the relationship between different themes through the original encoding, preliminary encoding, potential theme encoding and high -level theme encoding. Through an analysis of the codes and data,a two-level and four - factor structural model of the Qiang’s psychological post -earthquake resilience was finally formed. The model is composed of four parts,which include:the origins of trauma;coping mechanisms; post - disaster psychological resili-ence; and subjective well - being. This provided evidence of the influences on the development of post-disaster psychological resilience from a qual-itative perspective. 1 . The influence of the Wenchuan earthquake on the psychological well - being of the Qiang might continue for a long time. All things, including the destruction of the Qiang peoples’ homes, the victims and deaths of neighbors, relatives and friends, as well as their poor reaction reflected in their cognition, emotions and behavior, are the origins of the psychological trauma after the disaster. What happened the day of the earthquake remains fresh in the memory of the Qiang who experienced the earthquake. According to this investigation,62. 1% of the population who were interviewed two weeks after the earthquake experienced hopelessness to various degrees; and 31. 1% of victims manifested symptoms of depres-sion to various degrees. One and half years after the earthquake,half of the residents still felt that their psychological and emotional state was much worse than before the earthquake. Moreover, there were still high rates of anxiety and depression. Five years after the earthquake,PTSD among the primary and middle students in the disaster areas was still very obvious. The influence of the earthquake on the individual’s psychology might exist for a long time, and the degree of influence it has is the same as the degree of influence as the destruction or loss created by the earthquake. 2 . Positive support from the national and local government provided a source of external strength for promoting thepsychological resilience of Qiang victims. Almost all of the interviewees talked about the influence national support and assistance after the earthquake had on their psychological resilience. After the earthquake, the state activated a first -level response to the geological disaster by quickly organizing search and rescue teams, providing dis-aster relief materials, building tents and temporary shelters,and organizing post -disaster reconstruc-tion. These actions enabled the people in the disas-ter area to feel the concern of the CCP and the gov-ernment from the living materials, to psychological support to the reconstruction policy. At the same time, non -profit organizations, volunteer groups, relatives, friends, and neighbors also provided strong support for the peoples’ psychological resili-ence. The social support recognized by the individ-uals as the efficient factor which could predict posi-tive change after the disaster. The social support systems of the victims in the earthquake,except for that of traditional family and marriage relation-ships,depended more on the support of government and community to release negative emotions. III. Internal strength developed from ethnic cultural elements promoted the post-disaster psy-chological resilience of Qiang victims. Cultural differences lead to different cognition and coping mechanisms when various ethnic groups face the same disaster. We found from our inter-views that all of the 12 Qiang interviewees men-tioned the influence of their ethnic culture on their psychological response. The Qiang believe in “ani-mism”, so when the earthquake happened, many local Qiang knelt down in front of the mountain de-ity asking for blessing and protection. This reflects the deep influence of Qiang religious culture on the Qiang people. Meanwhile,the rich Qiang folk tradi-tions also alleviated the psychological pressure on the Qiang after the earthquake. Ge Yanli inter-viewed 20 Qiang people with regard to their psy-chological resilience after the earthquake,and dis-covered that the degree to which traditional culture was maintained,and the adjustment of various cul-tures influenced the foundation of psychological re-silience, and the social support is helpful for its role playing—this is consistent with this study. IV. Post -disaster psychological resilience is helpful for promoting subjective well-being. The capability for individuals to cope with or adapt to pressure and difficult situations efficient-ly,as well as the results of dynamic mutual rela-tions between “individuals and society”, psycho-logical resilience itself represents a kind of optimis-tic and positive strength. Research indicates that people with high psychological resilience have a relatively lower threat evaluation to pressure and difficult situations; their positive emotions are higher than those people who have lower psycho-logical resilience,and their self-resilience time is obviously short. This is consistent with the results of our interviews. Those Qiang who exhibited high psychological resilience after the earthquake also manifested a strong, optimistic attitude, and they were good at adopting positive strength from their environment. Hence,ethnic culture exists as a kind of supportive strength. In the interviews, those Qiang who had rela-tively low psychological resilience usually manifes-ted some negative emotions such as fear, bring scared,and lack of speech. They also adopted some strategies,such as confrontation,a need to escape, and loss of self-control. This might be related to their perceived recognition of the threat, i. e. the earthquake. The destruction of the earthquake crea-ted trauma for the individuals, and, as the trauma became more serious, their negative emotions in-creased, and their subjective well - being de-creased. Those Qiang who have high psychological resilience tended to make a more objective,positive evaluation of disasters or difficulties, and it was easy for them to have a more positive emotional ex-perience. This fact will be helpful for relieving the anxiety after the disaster, improving the degree of satisfaction of their life, and experiencing more subjective well-being.