
Male students in "Hanfu", an ancient costume of the Han ethnic people, attend a coming-of-age ceremony in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, June 19, 2011. Some 30 high school graduates participated in a traditional coming-of-age ceremony to mark their entry into adulthood by putting on caps or hairpins. In ancient China, caps and hairpins are adornments strictly reserved for grown men and women respectively. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)

Students in "Hanfu", an ancient costume of the Han ethnic people, attend a coming-of-age ceremony in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, June 19, 2011. Some 30 high school graduates participated in a traditional coming-of-age ceremony to mark their entry into adulthood by putting on caps or hairpins. In ancient China, caps and hairpins are adornments strictly reserved for grown men and women respectively. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)

Male students in "Hanfu", an ancient costume of the Han ethnic people, cross a brige during a coming-of-age ceremony in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, June 19, 2011. Some 30 high school graduates participated in a traditional coming-of-age ceremony to mark their entry into adulthood by putting on caps or hairpins. In ancient China, caps and hairpins are adornments strictly reserved for grown men and women respectively. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)

Students kowtow to pay tribute to Confucius, who is regarded in China as "the teacher of all teachers", during a coming-of-age ceremony in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province, June 19, 2011. Some 30 high school graduates participated in a traditional coming-of-age ceremony to mark their entry into adulthood by putting on caps or hairpins. In ancient China, caps and hairpins are adornments strictly reserved for grown men and women respectively. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)