The Waldorf communities worldwide are very interested in the first Waldorf School in China. Plus, Chengdu is a city when you come you don’t want to leave. There are many good place to visit and many things to see. It is the home of giant panda and the gate way to Tibet.

Many people want to come to visit and support us from over the world. We just host a few groups of students from Australia and the United States.  The largest group was from Shear Water Steiner school in Australia. There were 35 tenth grade children and 4 teachers came from Shear Water Steiner School in Australia. Some of them wore T-shirt and short in our cold and damp Chengdu weather. We could feel the “ warmth” even the “ heat” from them.

Our teachers and coworkers worked very hard to make sure that they would have a fruitful visiting. We showed them the college museum and had lunch in the college canteen with students, visited public high school and had lunch with same age students. They visited the art gallery and listened to the old Chinese painters talk about Chinese art. They went to the French Supper market Carrifford and local traditional bazaar to experience the real life of Chengdu. They also visit a national museum that was built on the excavated site.

The museum displays much early and advance civilization than those in Yellow river cradles, yet, there is no connection to the evolution of the Chinese civilization in the recorded history. It left a myth to the archeologists and historians. There is a golden seal of the Sunbird is found in the site. The Seal has become the new logo of civilization in Chengdu. There is locally produced Broadway style show reviewing a heart broken love story according to the legend of the Sunbird in the local history. The Sunbird had human spirit and a bird physical body. Our Australian guests couldn’t believe their eyes that they saw the Broadway style show in Chengdu instead of in New York. The show has been a glimpse of the modern China. The Australian teachers shared their experiences of founding their school to our teachers, and did artistic work with our teachers and parents. The exchange between two schools has been taking the first step. I hope there will be more. 

We are hoping taking our children to visit different countries too.