To me and my family, it is a day for us to pray at Buddhist temple and join the activities there.
In Taiping, there are two famous Buddhist temples. One is more to Thailand style while the other was following the modern Chinese style.
This day, some of the Indian Buddhist community will gather at there too.
On Wesak eve, we went to the Thailand style temple.
At there, we gave some donations to the temple and also to the victims in Sichuan, china and Myanmar.
When talk about the earthquake happened in Sichuan, my eyes will turn red. But, nothing much I can do for them accept give some donations and pray for them.
The special things we did on Wesak day was carry and lift up the Buddha statue. I will make a wish in front of the Buddha. If I'm able to lift up the statue means my dream will come true. Luckily, I was successful.
Besides that, there is a machine, where you make wishes and put in 50 cent and fortune paper according to the number you get. After that, there is a person to explain it for you.
Last but not least, the Monk will help you to tie a lucky string.
Happy Wesak to all my friends.
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