The Children helped open the Boomerang Box which contained all the building components for the traditional 15'x15' Chinese pavilion, such as wooden beams and columns made of Chinese fir, clay roof tiles and wooden lattice.

The container also carried a stone bridge, stone table and chairs, and sand stone for the raised platform that will form the base for the pavilion.

The stone is quarried from the Yangtze River valley. Chongqing artisans will assemble the structure at the site this spring. The pavilion’s dedication is planned for May.

The pavilion, or Ting in Chinese, is the first and smallest pavilion planned for the six-acre Chinese garden, a project that grew out of the Seattle-Chongqing sister city relationship formed more than 15 years ago.

The garden, one of the largest of its kind in the United States, will help strengthen trade ties and serve as a unique educational and cultural resource for Washington state and its Asian trading partners.

The Boomerang Box is a project cosponsored by APL Limited, the Port of Seattle and Metropolitan King County. The 40-foot container carries cargo for customers of APL, which operates Terminal 5 (Global Gateway North) at the port.

Students from the U.S. and 22 other countries have logged onto the Internet at www.apl.com/boomerangbox to learn about its travels, about its cargo and about the people involved in international trade.