古稀老人收到大学入学通知书 70-year-old and 81-year-old receive offers from college

Last month, a short video of two seniors taking the college entrance exam in the city of Nanyang went viral. According to a report by Henan Daily, both of them have received(收到 shōudào) offers of enrolment from Nanyang Agricultural Vocational College.

This combination photo shows the letters of offer sent to the two seniors. [Screenshot: China Plus]

This combination photo shows the letters of offer sent to the two seniors. [Screenshot: China Plus]

"Our college has decided to formally accept(接收 jiēshōu) 81-year-old Li Zhixin and 70-year-old Meng Qingli from Sanguanmiao village as new students this year. The admission procedures(入学手续 rùxué shǒuxù) have been completed, and a notice(通知 tōngzhī) will be sent to them soon," Zhang Shijun, the dean of the college, told a reporter during a phone interview on Wednesday.

The college will provide a tuition fee waiver to the two elderly applicants. They will be able to take many of their classes at home(家 jiā) over the Internet, with the exception of some compulsory lessons(必修课 bìxiū kè) on campus(校园 xiàoyuán).

This year, the college enrolled 1,640 students, including 533 retired soldiers.

中国古代年岁的别称 Different addresses for different ages in ancient China:

[zǒng jiǎo] 总角 childhood
[dòukòu] 豆蔻 (girls) age of thirteen to fourteen
[ruòguàn] 弱冠 (man) twenty years of age
[érlì] 而立 thirty years of age
[bùhuò] 不惑 fourty years of age
[zhīmìng] 知命 fifty years of age
[huājiǎ] 花甲 sixty years of age
[gǔxī] 古稀 seventy years of age
[màodié] 耄耋 age of eighty to ninety, advanced in age
[qī yí] 期颐 one hundred years of age