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Four chengguan get prison time after dispute that left a melon farmer dead, China's "great grandma" sets a record for an individual donation in Puyang and a baby makes its debut in a metro station - it's all trending across China.

Finale of Where are We Going, Dad?

Where are We Going, Dad

( A Chinese reality TV program, featuring five pairs of celebrity dads and their children) aired its first season finale on Friday. Five celebrity fathers talked about being a dad while commenting on the program on their microblog, which impressed a lot of internet users.

The program has enjoyed huge ratings, commercial profit and made a significant social impact. The importance of fathers shouldering their parenting responsibilities has become a hot topic thanks to the program, media.people.com.cn reported.

Related: Film poster for 'Where are we going, Dad' released

Chengguan got jail

Four chengguan (urban management officers) in Linwu county, Hunan province, were sentenced to prison, and one of them will be jailed for 11 years, following a dispute with a melon farmer, which caused the death of the vendor on July 17, 2013, said the court in Yongxing county, Hunan province, pronouncing judgment on the prisoners on Friday.

Liao Weichang was sentenced to prison for 11 years, Yuan Cheng, Luo Weiping and Xia Jiyu got jail for six, four and three years and six months, respectively, zzwb.zynews.com reported.

Related: Chengguan offices urged to ease squeeze on toilets

Shenzhen-Shanghai bullet train

The southeastern coast express rail service is now a bullet train. D2286 from Shenzhen North to Shanghai Hongqiao left at 9:55 am on Saturday for the first time. The whole journey only takes 12 hours and 17 minutes.

Train D2286 ‘s running section is actually the upward direction of the Xiashen Railway, or Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway, which links Xiamen city in East China's Fujian province and Shenzhen city in South China's Guangdong province, jb.sznews.com reported.

Related: China's high-speed rail ready for export

New Year 4D light show

An end-of-year countdown 4D light show opened for its first trial run in the Bund, Shanghai on Friday, and will make its debut on Dec 31.

The show features a little boy named Xiao Q, a cartoon image whose character is about to start a journey around the world. Spectators can share in the fun, which includes beautiful sea views and the mysterious lunar surface. Hundreds of children’s smiles will be projected out onto two buildings when the light show draws to a close, icpress.cn reported.

Post-scandal Sun Yang

Scandal-dogged Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang was spotted having gained weight during his first open training in Kunming after being released from detention for driving without a license.

The now-shy-and-taciturn star refused exclusive interviews and photo calls, saying it is not allowed by his coach, Zhu Zhigen, and team officials. “I was blamed for making a CCTV interview a few days ago,” he said.

A report run by West China Metropolis Daily said Sun did not shirk his training time during a two-hour session, as he was the last guy to leave the pool.

Related: Swimmer Sun Yang seeks redemption

Great Grandma

Xu Fengying, 81, whom netizens call the "great grandma of China," has set a record for an individual donation in Puyang after selling properties in Beijing. The woman donated more than 700,000 yuan ($113,821) to primary schools in her hometown. Xu was an accountant in a construction company in Beijing before she retired in 1987.

Woman has a baby in metro station

A baby has been named Tiedan, meaning "iron egg" (usually referring to a tough kid) in Chinese, by netizens in Wuhan after he was born in a metro station on Thursday morning, Hubei Daily reported. The boy weighed 2.65 kilograms. The mother, who had been pregnant for 36 weeks, entered the station as she was making her way to a hospital.

Interesting snow tool

A photo of a 4- or 5-year-old child sledding through the snow on a tire in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, has gone viral on the Internet. The tire was pulled with a rope by the child's family. The photo inspired other residents, too, xjbs.com.cn reported. "I sent my daughter to kindergarten this way after it snowed since she thought it looked fun," said a female resident surnamed Gu.