The school chose to have the graduation ceremony at Gunsan Garden since the garden shows traditional garden arts in Korea," said Yoon Seokyeol, chief representative of the Gunsan city hall representative office in Qingdao. "Students can appreciate the cultural charm of Korea at the garden."

chief representative of the Gunsan city hall representative office and Grad.[Photo provided to Chinadaily.com.cn]

The second phase of Gunsan Cultural School will open in September, with classes meeting every Saturday morning for three months.

I have learned a lot about Korea as well as the language, which will be very helpful in my future work," said Zhang Rui, a freshman of Qingdao University of Science and Technology who studied at Gunsan Cultural School.