Students in an elementary school in Yan'an are practicing drum dance on Monday, November 5, 2007. [Photo:xinhuanet]

Children in elementary and middle schools in Yan'an, capital city of northwestern China's Shaanxi Province have been learning folk arts in classes since this autumn.

The folk art classes teach the students various forms of local traditional art forms including Yangko dance, drum dance and paper cutting.

Students in an elementary school in Yan'an are learning paper cutting on Monday, November 5, 2007. [Photo:xinhuanet]

Students in an elementary school in Yan'an are practicing embroidery on Monday, November 5, 2007. [Photo:xinhuanet]

Students in an elementary school in Yan'an display their works at their folk art class on Monday, November 5, 2007. [Photo:xinhuanet]

(CRI November 6, 2007)