Saluting rural teachers

Clockwise from left: Retired teacher Lin Jianping still gives physical education courses in Dazhe county in Zhejiang province's Lishui. Middle school teacher Zhang Leipeng, who lost his left arm in a childhood car accident, gives math classes in Pinglu county, Shanxi province. Zhang Baofu teaches many students in a cornfield in Xiaodianhe village outside Henan province's Xinxiang city because the school is in a remote mountainous area. Photos Provided to China Daily