I saw a bunch of traffic the other day, so I walked around the corner to realize, oh yeah, it's time for Hsi Lai Temple's big annual New Year Celebration! It's maybe not the most interesting thing in the world, given I've already shown off other New Year celebrations these past few weeks, but I figured I should probably show off the largest Buddhist temple in the Western Hemisphere that's right next door.

Featured in This Video

• The Lunar New Year Celebration Peace Lantern Festival at Hsi Lai Temple
• Statues of the 18 Arhats
• Super clutch wishing tree throw on my first try
• Quick Traditional Chinese & Mandarin Vocabulary
  • “西來寺”/“xī lái sì”
    • As posted on Wikipedia
  • “春節”/“chūnjié”
    • I strongly disagree with the translation featured above and would rather translate this as “Lunar New Year”
    • As posted on Wikipedia
  • “的”/“de”
  • “平安燈會”/“píng'ān dēnghuì”
  • “石獅”/“shíshī”
    • As posted on Wikipedia
  • “佛光山”/“fóguāng shān”
    • As posted on Wikipedia
  • “雲水自在祥和教喜”/“yúnshuǐ zìzài xiánghé jiào xǐ”
  • “新年快樂”/“xīnnián kuàilè”

Alternate Titles

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