Controversial

In ancient times when there were few ways to get around, Chinese children would supposedly ride a bull to school. The practice has been reintroduced to modern times by Li Li, father of a three year old in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. He told media that he is a lover of traditional culture and hoped that his son would feel its charm by riding the bull while listening to the ancient poems about nature that he would read his son. Many netizens regarded it as formalism, saying bull-riding has nothing to do with traditional culture and worse, is unsafe. Others argued that Li is free to choose how he educates his son, as long as his son likes it.