Teachers and young volunteers welcome students back to school at the gate of Guangzhou Tianhe No 1 Primary School. [Photo/WeChat account: tianhefabu]

A short but solemn flag-raising ceremony is carried out at the playground of the Affiliated Elementary School of South China Normal University. [Photo/WeChat account: tianhefabu]

Fourth-grade Huayang Elementary School's Tianhe East Campus students perform the Yingge Dance to welcome new arrivals. [Photo/WeChat account: tianhefabu]

First-year students at the Guangzhou Nanguo School listen carefully to their first class. [Photo/WeChat account: tianhefabu]