(FILE)

Liao Zhi, a dance teacher from Sichuan Province who lost her 1-year-old daughter and her legs in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, arrived in the Ya'an area with a team focused on relief efforts 13 hours after a quake struck the region.

Liao has continued to dance with the help of prosthetic limbs, recently appearing as a contestant on a China Central Television show in April. Audiences have been much impressed by her optimistic attitude toward life.

The dancer said she has gone through disasters herself and knows what people need most, hence her decision to come and help.