Source: CCTV.com

09-05-2007 09:22

A new semester begins at the Confucius Temple School in Nanjing City in east China. More than two hundred first-year pupils take their first lesson with a nod to tradition.

The two-hundred strong primary students, all dressed in traditional Chinese scholarly robes and wearing trencher caps, lined up in neat rows at the opening ceremony.

Students commenced their first class by writing the Chinese word for "Human". Comprised of only two strokes, the word carries deepest meaning.