One thousand students from a primary school in Ruyang, Henan province, gathered on Tuesday for calligraphy celebrating the upcoming centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of China.

Using pencil, pen and brush, the students wrote poems about the soldiers of the Long March and their inspirational spirit and lofty character.

Teachers from the Secondary Experimental Primary School of Ruyang county, Luoyang city, said the activity carried forward Chinese traditional culture and calligraphic art as students learned of the glorious history of the Communist Party of China.