Spectacular farewell scenes before national college entrance exam

People see off buses carrying students who are travelling to attend the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, at Maotanchang High School in Lu'an City, East China’s Anhui Province, June 5, 2017. Despite rain, tens of thousands of people including teachers, relatives and local residents came to bid farewell to nearly 20,000 students from the school who are going to attend the exam. Maotanchang has become famous for preparing students for the grueling test. [Photo: China News Service/Han Suyuan]