For nearly three decades, students, faculty and the lay community at the City of 10,000 Buddhas (CTTB) have set aside a special day to pay tribute to parents, grandparents and significant elders who have touched lives and transformed the community.
The event featured music, dance, the student Chinese Orchestra, and an abbreviated performance of King Lear. Here, three students tackle a piano piece for three hands. (Carole Brodsky — Ukiah Daily Journal)According to staff, last Saturday’s “Honoring Elders Day” is a celebration that takes place worldwide as an opportunity to bring happiness to elders- to show gratitude for raising and teaching children, and to recognize their contributions in building society and sharing wisdom.
In 1994, CTTB’s Master Hsuan Hua created a day solely for celebrating the elders. Along with Cherishing Youth Day in the spring, Master Hua’s vision was to emphasize the concept of interconnection between human beings.Respect for all, including for adults is part and parcel of the school curriculum, and in today’s harsh climate, where verbal slings and arrows are lobbed as freely in the halls of government as in the average playground, a focus on respect and veneration for those who have worked and sacrificed to create and sustain life was a welcome event for the hundreds of attendees who appeared to enjoy the festivities. Along with a rigorous academic curriculum, faculty also provide instruction on the values of kindness, respect, trustworthiness, fairness, citizenship, integrity, humility and respect for parents and elders. This year’s event theme was “Self-Reflection.”
The large cafetorium was filled to capacity, and guests were treated to a variety of music, food and each other’s company- included a mini retelling of Shakespeare’s classic, King Lear. From the kindergartners, who smiled their way through a “Banana Cha-Cha” to stunning performances by the student Chinese Orchestra, a piano “triplet” played by three musicians on one piano and the always stunning Lion Dance, the free event provided a wonderful day out for seniors, some who undoubtedly “don’t get around much anymore.”
The celebration featured performances from students from the Instilling Goodness Elementary School, the Developing Virtue Secondary School and a special local performances by Ukiah’s Uketone ukelele ensemble and the Mendo C-Notes Chorus. As part of the school curriculum, students learn many traditional Asian arts including performing in a traditional Chinese orchestra, Lion and Dragon Dancing, drumming, singing and more.
The students share a significant portion of responsibility for the event- from greeting and seating guests, offering tea and water and helping serve a delicious vegetarian luncheon to all attendees.
Gift bags with cozy scarves and a vegetarian cookbook were distributed to all seniors in attendance, and City of Ukiah Mayor Doug Crane was an invited guest of honor, who provided remarks to the guests, students and Buddhist community in attendance.
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