Similar box to carry books also appeared in the 1987 film, A Chinese Ghost Story, a remake of the 1960 original movie with the same title.

用来携带书籍的这种竹盒子出现在1987年电影《倩女幽魂》中，该片是对1960年版同名电影的翻拍。

Leslie Cheung plays Ning Caichen, shouldering a bamboo box to carry books in the 1987 film A Chinese Ghost Story. [Photo/Mtime]

Compared to the ancients, modern people have more choices to carry books. School bags that look like suitcases are pretty popular among elementary school students in China.

和古代人相比，现代人有更多携带书籍的选择。形似手提箱的书包在中国小学生当中相当受欢迎。

If you see a little girl pulling a bright pink suitcase printed with cartoon characters on the street in the morning, don't be misled by her bag.

如果你早晨在街上看见一个小女孩拖着一个印有卡通图案的亮粉色手提箱，不要被她的箱子误导了。

A student carries her school bag that looks like a suitcase in Anhui province, May 8, 2017. [Photo/IC]

She is not going on vacation alone; she is just on her way to school.

她不是独自去度假，她只是去上学。

Such a school bag seems a bit of an exaggeration, yet can ease the burden on young children's shoulders from carrying heavy text books.

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