A young Chinese man survived after being buried for 54 hours in a landslide in Zizhou in Shaanxi province.

Cao Lele, 20, was pulled out of the debris by the rescuers who were surprised to see him alive after being buried for 54 hours.

Rescuers said they found Cao Lele, his younger sister Cao Yanyan, 17, and the siblings' mother Yang Xiuping, 41, on Friday morning after hearing the young man's cry for help under their collapsed home in Shuanghuyu village of Zizhou county.

All three were alive when they were found, but Yang died of serious injuries on her way to a local hospital while her daughter died in hospital despite emergency treatment, Zizhou local official Yuan Hongru said.

"The girl had a very weak pulse when she was taken to the hospital. Emergency medical treatment failed after just a few minutes," said Wang Xiongwei, dean of the orthopedics department at Zizhou County Hospital.

Twenty-seven people died from the landslide that hit Zizhou early Wednesday morning, said Zizhou deputy magistrate Wang Haiyang.

"Cao Lele is still under emergency treatment and his condition is relatively stable, but he is still in danger," hospital director Han Xuefeng told China Daily on Friday.

Cao was slightly injured and is still suffering from the effects of being buried for such a long time, doctors said. (ANI)