3g4g Trip

On Tuesday the 12th of May ⅞ Bh,Sh,Ts and Tz went
to the fo guang Shan Buddhist temple in riccarton.
When we got there we got split into two groups. In group one
it was ⅞ Sh and Ts. I was in group two with Bh. My group went
to make flowers first. We could choose any colour we wanted our
flower I made a pink one.After we made the flowers we sat down and watched a
video about being kind and spreading the kindness throughout everyone. Then
we went outside to get water tattoos on our hands. After that we went for a tour
around the temple. When we got upstairs we stopped and the guy talked to us
about the never ending hallway. Then we went into the library and he talked
to us about the books. Then we went back downstairs and meet up with group
two and lined up to get two cookies and a cup of water. We sat down to eat our
cookies and drink our water for about 10 minutes. Then we went upstairs, when
we got upstairs we went into a big room. The guy told us to sit down in our groups.
First we got asked if we wanted to bath the budish. Only a few people wanted to
do it. He taught us how to meditate. I found it really fun because I have never
meditated before. Then we got a bell that we had to blow at the end.
Then we left.

Fo Guang Shan Temple Visit

On Tuesday the 22nd of may the year 8's and 7's at Hornby High School went on a trip, we went to the Fo Guang Shan Temple. When we got there the guy that was giving us a tour he told us a bit about him
and then he took us to the art gallery in the temple. He told us that there is something called 3 Good Deeds and 4 Givings. Then we split into two groups and my group ( Group one) went upstairs and went to the library and he said that there are books there that are from China and New Zealand. Then we Back down stairs and got water tattoos on our hands. Then we went to this big hall and made flower out of cardboard and put rubber band on the bottom so we could put them around our wrists or in our pony tail. The flower was called the lotus flower. Then we all when back upstairs and we watched a videos of this prince being kind to everyone and becoming a king. Then two policemen came in and told us there values and rules they need to follow. Then they got people to go up and put the police uniform on. Then we when back downstairs and got some cookies and water. Then we came back home. The day was really fun because I have never done anything like that before and I found it really interesting.