In east China's Anhui province, thousands of high school students are attending May 4 Youth Day ceremonies that mark the coming of their adulthood.
Oaths of gratitude, dreams and responsibility are sworn.
The 18-year-olds are also given “adulthood badges,” copies of Constitution and pass through “adulthood gate”—accompanied by their parents.
Over in north China's Hebei province, parents dress their children with caps to mark their adulthood.
Students students also flew kites with their parents in a bid to forge closer family bonds.