By 10 pm on Aug 6, the group had raised 175,000 yuan.

Lee is not the only celebrity whose Chinese fans have donated to victims of earthquakes under his or her name.

In 2013, as actress Wan Qian's birthday on May 14 approached, her fans raised money to help with the reconstruction of areas hit by an earthquake of 7 magnitude that jolted Lushan county, Ya'an City in Sichuan province on April 28.

Fans of singer Li Yuchun also donated more than 1 million yuan to victims of Ya'an, through the Yu Mi Love Foundation under the Chinese Red Cross Foundation, according to Chinese Philanthropist, a publication reporting on charity events and philanthropists in China.

Li's post thanking his fans received nearly 149,000 likes, 28,000 forwards and 41,151 comments.