Pupils and their teachers line up in formations of heart pattern and Characters literally Long Lives to Homeland, while singing song of Ode to Homeland, on campus of Gongyuanlu Elementary School, in Zhijiang City, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 24, 2009. Well over 1,100 pupils and teachers gather together for a song party to express their reverence and blessings to the homeland prior to the forthcoming 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. (Xinhua/Liu Weidong) Photo Gallery>>>

Pupils and their teachers line up in formations of heart pattern and Characters literally Long Lives to Homeland, while singing song of Ode to Homeland, on campus of Gongyuanlu Elementary School, in Zhijiang City, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 24, 2009. Well over 1,100 pupils and teachers gather together for a song party to express their reverence and blessings to the homeland prior to the forthcoming 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. (Xinhua/Liu Weidong) Photo Gallery>>>

Special Report: 60th Anniversary of Founding of PRC