【新唐人2011年5月14日讯】《南方都市报》在5月12号发表社论，纪念5•12四川大地震三周年。文章在悼念逝者的同时，也向发起调查死难学生名单的艺术家艾未未致敬。虽然文章没有直接提到艾未未的名字，但是很快遭到删除，不过，社论也被大量转载，支持者还把文章制成短片上网。
《南方都市报》的这篇社论题为《躺在时间的河流上怀念他们》，中山大学中文系教授艾晓明将这篇文章朗诵后，加上音乐人左小祖咒的配乐，制成短片放到网上。
“我们答应过要念念不忘，要生生不息。我们做了很多，又做得太少。迷途不返的人，你们在哪里？我们点燃的光能否照亮你们的路？我们无法做得更多，只好摆上铁做的十二生肖，敬上瓷做的瓜子，像征且祭奠你们凝固了的生命。”
《南都》这篇社论见报后，网路版社论被大量转载。因为没有直接提到艺术家艾未未的名字，只提到“铁做的十二生肖”和“瓷做的瓜子”，社论刊出后并没有被封杀，但是中午过后这篇文章被删除了。
复制“圆明园十二生肖兽首”以及“陶瓷葵瓜子”都是艾未未的艺术作品。目前这两件作品都在英国展出。
据艾未未工作室不完全统计，在四川大地震中，有五千多名学生因为豆腐渣工程校舍坍塌而失去生命。
《念念不忘》是艾未未去年5•12期间发起的纪念活动。他公布死难学生名单，邀请网友读出与自己同姓的学生名字。艾未未曾坚持两年，在每一天的凌晨零点，在他的推特账号上，发布当天生日的死难学生名字，并祝他们“生日快乐”。
艾未未工作室志愿者刘艳萍向《新唐人》表示，艾未未的名字已经和5•12受难学生紧紧连在一起。
刘艳萍：“我觉得（《南都》）写作的‘十二生肖’和‘瓷瓜子’，比较明显的应该是指艾未未吧。因为一提起5•12，很多人都会想起艾未未。他近几年做的这些公民调查，调查学生的名单。所以艾未未这个名字其实是和5•12连在一起的。”
尽管艾未未被抓，工作室人员仍然合力完成了一部记录片（5•12三周年家长访谈），记录遇难学生家长上访的历程。许多进京上访的家长慕名来到艾未未工作室，讲述他们的辛酸经历。
刘艳萍：“因为艾老师长期在做学生名单，所以有一些家长知道他，而且现在为学生说话，为家长说话的人真的不多，所以他们来一次北京也非常不容易，然后我们就会对他们做一个采访，把他们这几年的经历讲一讲，然后我们就会把他拍摄下来，然后在5•12三周年之前我们也把这个视频传到网上，希望能有更多人看到。”
汶川地震后，当局不愿公布死难学生数字和名单。没有任何一个建造豆腐渣工程的责任人被追究，没有任何一座坍塌校舍建筑的调查报告被公开，甚至根本没有做鉴定。艾未未因此发起公民调查，派志愿者深入灾区调查死难学生名单、学校和班级。
但是调查行动遭到警方阻挠和打压。参与调查者之一的四川环保人士谭作人去年被抓判刑。艾未未如今也身陷囹圄。
新唐人记者秦雪、黄容采访报导。
Southern Metropolis Daily mourns earthquake victims and honors Ai Weiwei
Southern Metropolis Daily published an editorial on
May 12 for the 3-year anniversary of Sichuan earthquake.
The editorial mourned for the victims and paid tribute to
Ai Weiwei, who investigated on student casualties.
Though the editorial did not mention Ai Weiwei’s name,
it was deleted soon, it is already circulated widely.
Supporters even made it into an online video.
This editorial from Southern Metropolis Daily is titled
“To remember them while lying on the river of time.”
Ai Xiaoming, a professor from Zhongshan University
read this article and made it into an online video
with the music from a musician ‘Zuoxiaozuzhou.’
“We promise not to forget. We want to prosper also.
We have done much, but still too little.
Those who have been lost, where are you now?
Can our light illuminate your path? We could do nothing
but bring the iron zodiac and ceramic sunflower seeds
to symbolize and mourn your solidified life.”
After this editorial from Southern Metropolis Daily
was published, its online vision was widely reprinted.
Because the editorial didn’t mention Ai Weiwei
but only the “iron zodiac” and “ceramic
sunflower seeds”, it was not deleted until afternoon.
The replica of “Yuanmingyuan’s twelve zodiac heads”
and “ceramic sunflower seeds” are Ai Weiwei’s
art pieces which are now displayed in the UK.
According to Ai Weiwei Studio’s incomplete statistics,
over 5,000 students died in the Sichuan Earthquake
because of the collapse of shabby school buildings.
“Never forget” is an activity started by Ai on May 12
last year. He published the list of students killed in
the earthquake and invited netizens to read those
names. For two years, every morning at 12 AM,
Ai published the names of the dead who are on
birthday that day and wished them “happy birthday.”
Liu Yanping, a volunteer in Ai Weiwei Studio,
told New Tang Dynasty TV that the name of
Ai Weiwei is tightly connected to
the students killed in the earthquake.
Liu Yanping: “I think the ‘twelve zodiac’ and ‘ceramic
sunflower seeds’ in Southern Metropolis Daily’s
editorial obviously refer to Ai Weiwei. Many people
will think of Ai Weiwei when the 5.12 earthquake is
mentioned, and also his public investigations during
these years and the list of students, so Ai Weiwei’s
name is connected with the 5.12 earthquake.”
Although Ai Weiwei was arrested, people from his
studio still managed to complete a documentary
“An interview with victims’ parents on the three-year
anniversary of 5.12”, which recorded the bitterness
of appealing to the authorities. Many parents came
to the studio and talked about their bitter experiences.
Liu Yanping: “Because Ai has been working on the
student list, many parents know about him.
Now few people are willing to speak for the students.
We interviewed the parents considering their
hard trip to Beijing…Then we put the video onto
the website before the three-year anniversary of
5.12 earthquake and hope more people will see it.”
After Wenchuan earthquake, the authorities refused
to publish the number or list of students killed in the
earthquake. Nobody was punished or blamed for the
shabby school buildings and no investigation reports
on the collapsed buildings were released.
The authorities did not even attempt to investigate.
So, Ai Weiwei started the public investigation and
sent volunteers to the stricken regions to collect
students’ names, schools and classes.
However, the investigation was interrupted by police.
Tan Zuoren, a Sichuan environmental activist who
participated in the investigation was jailed last year.
Now Ai Weiwei also disappeared.
NTD reporters Qin Xue and Huang Rong
