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It was a cold January night．A town, in Beichuan county, one of the worst 1 areas in the May 12 earthquake, 2008, was quiet 2 the sound of music came out of a small house．This was not an ordinary house 3 a community KTV set up by Xiang Xinyong in late September．
Since opening, it has become a place for local people to heal their 4 ．From sentimental love songs to happy pop songs, singing has become part of the long and hard 5 of easing people back to normal life．
Xiang still remembers the KTV's early days．The rooms were 6 on the opening day and many people 7 continuing the whole night．In the following four 8 , the KTV has 9 nearly all the locals and those from nearby 10 shelters．Many couldn't help 11 as they sang their favorite songs．
Xiang may not have known their names but he 12 their grief(悲痛)and relief．He remembers one young woman who visited many times with her friends．When she first went, she sat alone in the corner without saying a word, 13 silent all night．She finally chose a heartbreaking love song, Be Your Lover, and her cheeks were 14 in tears as she sang．
Xiang later learned that the woman felt 15 because of her husband's death．
The young woman would regularly visit the KTV and sing the same love song． 16 , she cried．
“But recently, I noticed she came 17 and the last two occasions she didn't sing the 18 song, ” Xiang says．“I hope she is recovering and stepping out of the 19 ．”
Xiang himself lost his parents in the earthquake, so when people express their emotions, he sits quietly in a corner, listening to the songs and watching people change 20 ．
It was deep in earthquake－hit Sichuan that grief－stricken townsfolk discover how the simple act of singing can help heal their souls．
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