Children participate in a First Writing Ceremony at the Dabaoen Temple in Nanjing City, the capital of East China’s Jiangsu Province, Aug. 28, 2016. A total of 108 children set to start elementary school attended the ceremony, also known as the Enlightenment Ceremony. The ceremony is usually held in the local Confucius temple, and soon-to-be students wear traditional costumes and teachers place a red dot on each child’s forehead, signifying the opening of wisdom’s eye, in Chinese traditional culture. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Bo)
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