110th Anniversary of Rewi Alley's birth

This morning we attended the celebrations for the 110th Anniversary of Rewi Alley's birth. Rewi Alley was a New Zealander who spent a lot of time in China working with children and establishing schools. He is still an important figure in China and his legacy is important to the people of China, and in particular to the people of Shandan. The New Zealand Ambassador to China, Anthony Browne, was also at the ceremony, which was held at the Shandan Bailie School. After the ceremony we had a short tour around the school. In the afternoon we were shown around the town and visited a beautiful Buddhist Temple. The kilt proved to be very popular with the local people, although the other delegates might be getting a bit tired of it! At night we were treated to a performance in honour of Rewi Alley's life. Our favourite performance was the dance of the Thousand Buddha Hands.

Erika, Jeff, Me and Marcia

Children in the school learning metal work skills

The school looked great with the decorations

Me and the New Zealand Ambassador to China