Shenyang schools mark first day back

Students at No 3 Primary School in Hunnan district of Shenyang, Liaoning’s provincial capital, carry flags as they participate in an opening ceremony for the new semester on March 1. Primary and secondary schools in Shenyang reopened on the day following the long Spring Festival break. [Photo/VCG]

Girls dance as part of a ceremony to mark the first day back at No 3 Primary School in Hunnan district of Shenyang, March 1. [Photo/VCG]

Students at Wanghulu Primary School in Shenyang’s Heping district wave Chinese flags during the school’s opening ceremony on March 1. The students sang the song My Motherland and Me to mark their first day back, as well as to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. [Photo/VCG]