The Maotai No 1 Primary School is bestowed upon a Red Army name on March 26. [Photo/xinhuanet.com]

Maotai No 1 Primary School in Renhuai city of Southwest China's Guizhou province was named the Red Army Primary School in honor of the First Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army on March 26.

Pupils from the elementary school receive the Chinese Red Army flag. [Photo/xinhuanet.com]

The National Red Army Primary School Initiation Council granted the name during a ceremony in which several generations of Red Army soldiers and family members attended.

The name was granted amid the council's nation-wide campaign to initiate Red Army primary schools across the country and pass on the Red Army spirit to future generations.

Pupils vow to inherit the Red Army spirit. [Photo/xinhuanet.com]

Xi He contributed to the story