A little girl with the escort of her mother attends the brush-opening courtesy ritual, as some 40 children on the inception of school age take part in the Ceremony of Paying Homage to Confucius and Presenting Red Eggs at the Confucian Temple in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 25, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhang Qingyun)

A little girl with the escort of her mother attends the brush-opening courtesy ritual, as some 40 children on the inception of school age take part in the Ceremony of Paying Homage to Confucius and Presenting Red Eggs at the Confucian Temple in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 25, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhang Qingyun)

A little girl with the escort of her mother attends the brush-opening courtesy ritual, as some 40 children on the inception of school age take part in the Ceremony of Paying Homage to Confucius and Presenting Red Eggs at the Confucian Temple in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 25, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhang Qingyun)