News accounts from the capital at Nanking described the national-day celebrations there: "The streets and markets today are adorned with lanterns and festoons, hung with flags [these, unlike the" colored "flags of 1912, were real national flags], and decorated with ceremonial arches. Schools and organizations are all parading through the streets.
這年雙十，上海中央日報的南京專電形容首都歡度國慶的情形是﹘ ﹘今日各街市懸燈結綵，遍懸國旗（是「國」旗，非「彩」旗也），通衢又各紮松柏牌坊，各機關學校均作游藝之舉，歡騰景象，為往日所無。