Pupils practicing new eye exercises in Shuishang Primary School in Tianjin, September 22, 2008. The new version of eye exercises is being trialled in local schools, aiming to better promote the overall development of students.

BEIJING, Sept 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Primary and middle school students in Beijing have started practising new eye exercises from this fall semester.

The version of the new eye exercise, based on traditional Chinese medical treatment, cancels the massaging of points which are located on both sides of the nasal bridge, to protect eyes from infection by hands.

Instead, points on the ear lobes will be massaged, with unexpectedly toes bending, according to the upgraded version.