Rare photographs of famous family on display

Sept 27 marked the 80th birthday of Zhou Haiying, the only son of Lu Xun (1881-1936), a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. On the very day, Zhou's photo exhibition was launched in the Confucius Temple and Imperial College Museum in Beijing, offering viewers an insight into the famous family and its many experiences.

Unlike his father, Zhou devoted himself to science and technology, and has many hobbies, one of which is photography.

Zhou got involved in photography when he was 10. In 1948, when he and his mother Xu Guangping left Hong Kong to return to the mainland, they bought second-hand clothes instead of new ones, and saved more than 800 HK dollars to buy a camera and 20 rolls of film. Zhou tells this story with deep feelings of gratitude for his mother. "My parents never forced me to do anything, but let me play and find my own interest," he says.