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Judges use bamboo sticks to help them review paintings by applicants to the Shandong University of Arts in Jinan City, Shandong Province, Feb. 28, 2019. More than 10,000 paintings were placed in a corridor for judges to grade. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yong)

Judges use bamboo sticks to help them review paintings by applicants to the Shandong University of Arts in Jinan City, Shandong Province, Feb. 28, 2019. More than 10,000 paintings were placed in a corridor for judges to grade. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yong)

Judges use bamboo sticks to help them review paintings by applicants to the Shandong University of Arts in Jinan City, Shandong Province, Feb. 28, 2019. More than 10,000 paintings were placed in a corridor for judges to grade. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yong)

Judges use bamboo sticks to help them review paintings by applicants to the Shandong University of Arts in Jinan City, Shandong Province, Feb. 28, 2019. More than 10,000 paintings were placed in a corridor for judges to grade. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yong)