Huang Jiajia, a third-grade student from the Tangshi Elementary School, writes a Confucius quotation with her calligraphy brush during an extracurricular class.

The school in Zhangjiagang city, Jiangsu province, has a history going back more than a hundred years and was reconstructed in 2011.

Students are offered 56 different kinds of extracurricular activities, many of which are related to traditional Chinese art and culture. Classes include calligraphy, embroidery, martial arts, Chinese ancient instruments and Chinese traditional culture learning, said Chen Jing, the principal of the school.