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A child receives his certificate from a teacher during the First Writing Ceremony at the Confucius Temple in Jilin, Northeast China's Jilin province, June 19, 2014. More than 100 pre-school children participated in the traditional ceremony. [Photo by Wang Mingming/Asianewsphoto] |
The First Writing Ceremony, also called the Qi Meng (Enlightenment) Ceremony, was once a very important ceremony for every student before they were admitted to school in ancient China. Teachers usually gave them a red dot on their forehead to open the "wisdom eye".
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