text: These extraordinary pictures show more than 1,700 Chinese students taking an exam in their high school's playground - because they could not all fit inside. The freshmen students from Yichuan, Shaanxi province took the exam on Saturday in the first attempt by the school to allow pupils to sit exams in the open. The school said the reason behind the unusual move was the lack of sufficient indoor space - and added that it could be a test of the students' organizing capacity, the People's Daily Online reported. The paper reported that the Grade One students at Yichuan Senior High School suggested and organised the outdoor exam themselves. The students thought of everything and in order to avoid being dazzled by the sunshine, which may have caused them to feel dizzy, a regular radio announcement ordered pupils to turn their chairs and desks collectively from time to time. The newspaper reported that many of the students believe sitting the exam outside is a novel way to broaden their horizons and encourage them to feel more relaxed. Some of the students also suggested it could help to prevent cheating. 'Grade One students suggested they organise the exam in such a way,' said one unnamed teacher. 'We felt it was a great idea, the weather also allowed it, so we approved the proposal.' More than 1,700 Chinese students (pictured) took the exam in a playground at a high school in Yichuan, Shaanxi province on Saturday . In order to avoid being dazzled by the sun a regular radio announcement ordered students to turn their chairs and desks from time to time . The students at Yichuan Senior High School suggested and organised the outdoor exam themselves as there wasn't enough room inside . Many of the students said sitting the exam outside is a novel way to broaden their horizons and encourage them to feel more relaxed . The school said  that sitting the exam outside could be a test of the students' organizing capacity as they set up the exam themselves .
target: More than 1,700 students were spotted taking an exam in an open-air playground at a Chinese high school .
  Grade One pupils at school in Yichuan, Shaanxi province could not all fit inside the building to take exam .
  Yichuan Senior High School officials said sitting exam outside would test the students' organizing capacity .