Chinese New Year Blessings
Welcoming the new year with gratitude
Chinese New Year Blessings
Chinese New Year Blessings is an important annual humanistic event in Perth. It not only allows Chinese people living overseas to experience traditional culture and ease homesickness, but also, through prayers, a review of the year’s Dharma treasury, Wisdom Blessing red envelopes, and actions to inspire loving hearts, guides participants to welcome the new year with kindness and gratitude. The significance of the event is not limited to festive reunion; it elevates “personal peace” into the shared aspiration of “social harmony and a world free of disasters,” gathering kind thoughts and the power of love.
Volunteers performed the New Year song “Congratulations, Congratulations.”
Bamboo banks returning “home” — participants
Participants watched the 2017 Tzu Chi Dharma Treasury
Heart lanterns and prayer
Tzu Ching presented the song-and-dance performance “Every Day Is a Fine Day.” With a lively and festive performance, they wished everyone bright days every day: no matter how high the sky, how far the road, whether sunny or rainy, every day can be a radiant day; with contentment, happiness comes year after year.
Heart lanterns and prayer.
Sisters performed the sign-language song “Love in This World.”