Pupils in traditional costumes attend a ceremony at the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, on Saturday, September 1, 2012. New students from Fuzimiao Primary School take part in the ceremony which marks the beginning of their formal education. Sept 1 is the first day of school for most of China's middle and primary schools. [Xinhua]
Pupils in traditional costumes attend a ceremony at the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, on Saturday, September 1, 2012. New students from Fuzimiao Primary School take part in the ceremony which marks the beginning of their formal education. [Xinhua]
Pupils in traditional costumes attend a ceremony at the Confucius Temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, on Saturday, September 1, 2012. New students from Fuzimiao Primary School take part in the ceremony which marks the beginning of their formal education. [Xinhua]
Primary school students at Baochu Pagoda Experimental School in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province get their textbooks for the new semester on Sept 1, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]
A teacher puts a red dot on a first-grader's forehead in Beijing Leifeng Primary School on Sept 1. The school held a writing ceremony to help the students learn about the traditional virtues and culture of China. [Photo/Xinhua]
Students at Changhuai Xincun Primary School in Hefei, Anhui province get their textbooks for the new semester on August 31, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua]