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Applicants hold onto a tree during a ceremony to become an apprentice of a kung fu master in Chengdu, Southwest China’s Sichuan province, Aug 22, 2015.Master Wang Qizhen requires applicants to hang onto a tree for one hour as a way of testing their will and endurance during the acceptance ceremony. The youngest apprentice is four years old. (Photo: China News Service/Hu Min)