A customer is displaying her newly-bought bamboo slips in a handicraft store in Suzhou on August 9.

At the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Games of the Olympiad, a performance, in which 3000 disciples of the Confucius loudly read his work holding up bamboo clips, greatly impressed the audience. After the opening ceremony, bamboo clips in many handicraft stores in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province became well-received. Customers like the bamboo clips for its simple form and the ancient history it reflects.

(Source: people.com.cn/Translated by womenofchina.cn)