School life of pupils in NW China's Gansu

A pupil runs past a parterre at Jiujia Elementary School in Labrang Town of Xiahe County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 2, 2014. Jiujia Elementary School has 627 students who are all from families of the Tibetan ethnic group. Teachers here give classes in both the Tibetan and Han languages. Besides having traditional classes such as mathematics and English, students can select a "dream class," which teaches Tibetan Guozhuang Dance and innovative paintings. [Photo/Xinhua]