Every year before Gaokao, loads of students accompanied by their parents come and pray at Confucian temple.
 
A sign warning drivers to avoid blaring their horns is seen near the exam sites for the national college entrance exam.
 
Examinees of national college entrance exam review books as waiting for entering exam rooms at the Dongzhimen Middle School in Beijing. Some 9.12 million applicants are expected to sit this year's college entrance exam on June 7 and 8.
 
Exam reform should stick to cultural tradition and social reality
Nearly 9 million students will be participating in the exam this year. The university entrance exam is a social phenomenon since it is closely related to everyone's interests and performance of many high schools and local governments and it is related to the fairness in education and maintenance social order.