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People's Daily Online)  13:38, January 24, 2013  

Children line up to turn somersault on mat. (Photo/ Yx.iqilu.com)

Edited and translated by Wang Xin, People's Daily Online.

Ningjian, known as the acrobatic town in China, is a significant birthplace of acrobatics. There is an acrobatic arts school in the town, which is famous but simple. Their students come from across the country; now less and less parents like to send their children to learn acrobatics; they prefer kungfu, gymnastic, or others. The school with low tuition fee and provides accommodation and foods to children, so they don't make profit. Their only hope is to inherit acrobatic skills from generation to generation. But the children hope to have new toys, lots of snacks, make trip overseas with performing troupe…

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(Editor:王欣、陈丽丹)

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