Life in ChinaEastSouthWestNorth Here is a partial listing:  A school building and playground
 Children line up for school
 On the first day of school, the village leader noted that the little boy on the right did not have a name. He was then given the name of Liu Mengbin.
 The boy lives under this roof with his father, grandmother and four older brothers
 The boy's father hauls coal back to the the hosue
 8-year-old Luo Yuyao had never attended school before
 Inisde the home of 7-year-old Lee Gui
 8-year-old Wang Feijun stays home to help
 6-year-old Yang Gui (on the left) hopes to attend school some day
 "I love my home"
 "I love my home"
 A required lesson is how to do farming
 The value of life
 Liu Xiangli's household; father deceased, one younger brother
 Five-year old boy with no given name, living with father and older brother in an earthern home
 The uncle of the children returns with his load
 Two girls have not money to attend school, so they stay home and work
 13-year-old Luo Zimin hunches her back as if she is still carrying the basketload
 12-year-old Luo Zijin has never been down from the mountains
 14-year-old Yang Puijin and 13-year-old Ynag Puifei are happy to hear that they can attend school
 The children's father is happy too
 14-year-old Yang Puizi's father is dead and mother has re-married
 7-year-old Li Hongyan has four elder sisters and two younger brothers; she stays at home to take care of her brothers
 A whole family stays in his one dimly lit house
 The sweetness and bitterness of life in Dashui Village
 7-year-old Yang Jiamei does whatever is possible around the household
 She has one elder brother, three elder sisters and two younger sisters; since her parents only make about 1,000 yuan per year, they cannot afford to let her attend school
 8-year-old Wang Lixia carries her baby sister on her back
 8-year-old Wang Lixia and 10-year-old Wang Yuxin are happy that they can go to school
 The Wang' sisters' father is happy too
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