On March 1st, 2023, a beautiful morning with sunshine, students and teachers of Silk Road School went to the garden to plant auspicious grasses, feeling the beauty of spring through labor.

“Today we are going to plant auspicious grasses”, Mr. You Jikun, who taught them to plant said. After learning for a while, all of them mastered the skills and started to beatify the garden. Two by two, line by line, seedlings by seedlings, both teachers and students planted and filled the whole garden with auspicious grasses. It was finished earlier than expected because of everyone’s efforts.

Students and teachers interacted with each other. It’s also a chance for students to learn Chinese and Chinese culture.“As time goes by, the soil was turned, and all the lines were filled with auspicious grasses. It was an opportunity for students who began their studies online at their home countries got together in Suzhou for the first time. The feeling was not just a normal student-teacher feeling but one family of Silk Road School. " John Assifuah from Ghana said.

Professor Jiang Xiaoli, Deputy Dean of Silk Road School, Wang Jing, Deputy Director of International Development Center, Zhang Mingyu, Deputy Director of General Affairs Office, Jiang Luqiang, Financial Assistant, Zheng Lu, Student Affairs Assistant,Sun Mingjing, Academic Assistant, Lu Qiuyi , Administrative Assistant and international students from Russia, Georgia，Tajikistan, Myanmar，Cambodia, India, Ghana were all present on this event.