College graduates posing for photos in baccalaureate gowns are always a sight oncampuses in early summer in China.
Perhaps even more eye-catching than them, though, are their classmates in traditionalcostume.
Zhou Jing, a female student who will receive a diploma from Ginling College of NanjingNormal University this summer, decided to pose for her graduation photos wearing acostume students often wore between 1911 and 1949.
"I saw a picture online of that time and I thought the costumes were very beautiful andrepresented knowledge and wisdom," Zhou said. "So I planned to pose for mygraduation photos in that costume."
The costume she wore for graduation consisted of a sky-blue coat and black knee-length skirt.
"I also said my classmates should pose for these types of photos, and they all agreed,"she said.
They rented 36 costumes from her college for 20 yuan ($3) each a day. Beforedonning them and stepping in front of the cameras, they had already had photos takenof themselves in baccalaureate gowns.
The photos they posed for on May 26 were the subject of praise and admiration andeven attracted the media's notice.
"I just wanted to have a good way to remember wearing the costume, and had neverthought our pictures would become popular," Zhou said.
Chen Jing, a student counselor at Nanjing University, said she has seen many studentswearing traditional costume in recent days as they pose for graduation photos.
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