Fun and games as Shanghai schools celebrate Children's Day

Yang Meiping
Thursday was Children's Day and kids in Shanghai had fun with sports, games, talent shows and food.
Yang Meiping

Thursday was Children's Day and kids in Shanghai had fun with sports, games, talent shows and food. Let's see the smiling faces in local schools through the camera lens.

Fun and games as Shanghai schools celebrate Children's Day
Ti Gong

Students of Junlian Kindergarten in Minhang District play chuju, an ancient football-like game.

Fun and games as Shanghai schools celebrate Children's Day
Ti Gong

Children have fun with popular cartoon and fairy tale characters at China Welfare Institute Kindergarten in Yangpu District.

Fun and games as Shanghai schools celebrate Children's Day
Ti Gong

Yangpu District Education Institute Experimental Primary School students try their hand at archery.

Fun and games as Shanghai schools celebrate Children's Day
Ti Gong

Nanmen Kindergarten in the Pudong New Area gets children engaged in games while imparting science knowledge.

Fun and games as Shanghai schools celebrate Children's Day
Ti Gong

Children and parents stage performances together at Yongzhu Kindergarten in Jiading District.

Fun and games as Shanghai schools celebrate Children's Day
Ti Gong

Students of South Yuping Road Primary School in Changning District perform Chinese martial arts.

Fun and games as Shanghai schools celebrate Children's Day
Ti Gong

SISU Jing'an Foreign Language Primary School students show off their culinary skills.

Fun and games as Shanghai schools celebrate Children's Day
Ti Gong

Pupils at Shanghai Chess Experimental Primary School in Jing'an District play chess with a robot.

Fun and games as Shanghai schools celebrate Children's Day
Ti Gong

Yingying Kindergarten in Chongming District organizes an "Open Pen Ceremony" for graduating students, a traditional Chinese ritual for children about to embark on their primary school journey.


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