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23:55 GMT, Sunday, 15 June 2008 00:55 UK

In pictures: Chinese quake memorial

Personal items recovered from the quake rubble on display

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A private Chinese museum in Jianchuan, Sichuan province, is commemorating last month's earthquake. It has collected artefacts and images from soldiers, volunteers, hospitals and survivors.

Exhibition for victims of 12 May earthquake at Jianchuan Museum in Sichuan province on 15 June 2008

Exhibition for victims of 12 May earthquake at Jianchuan Museum in Sichuan province on 15 June 2008

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Here a woman walks past pictures of victims of the quake on display at the museum.

A shattered bust of Mao Zedong on display

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A shattered bust of Chairman Mao Zedong sits alongside broken crockery in a display case.

A girl writes down words of blessing for the quake victims

A girl writes down words of blessing for the quake victims

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A girl writes down a few words of blessing for the victims.

The head of a quake-damaged Bodhisattva statue on display

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The glaring absence of the quake-salvaged items' 70,000 dead owners gives the display a powerful poignancy.

A girl puts a lotus light on the river in Chengdu at Sichuan province on 15 June 2008

A girl puts a lotus light on the river in Chengdu at Sichuan province on 15 June 2008

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Meanwhile, people in Sichuan's shaken capital Chengdu set lotus lights floating down the river in memory of the victims.

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