Yan Zhanhai (3rd, L) calls his sick daughter to tell her to take medicine on time as she is to be transferred to Lanzhou to start the new semester in the mudslide-hit Zhouqu, Northwest China's Gansu province, Aug 28, 2010. This is the first time that Yan's daughter, a senior high school student, has left home for a place far away.  

Parents see off their children to be transferred to Lanzhou to start their new semester in the mudslide-hit Zhouqu, Northwest China's Gansu province, Aug 28, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua] 

A woman sees off students to be transferred to Lanzhou to start their new semester in the mudslide-hit Zhouqu, Northwest China's Gansu province, Aug 28, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]