Ahead of kids’ exams, Chinese parents give apples to the ultimate teacher: Confucius

2017-05-22 11:32 GMT+8

Editor Wang Quan

While students across China are cramming for high school and university entrance exams in June, parents have been trying their best to help – by leaving offerings with their sons’ and daughters’ names written on them at a temple dedicated to famous Chinese scholar Confucius. /VCG Photo

Crowds of parents visited the Confucius Temple in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing on Sunday to hang messages written on red apples and wooden prayer plates. /VCG Photo

Why apples? Red suggests good luck in China and the word “apple” in Chinese translates into “safe fruit.” /VCG Photo

Prayer plates likes these are quite a common sight in China, here featuring students’ and parents’ ambitions and hopes. /VCG Photo

“Be admitted to Harvard,” one plate says. /VCG Photo

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