Activities
- During the annual Festival of the Lanterns, donations are exchanged for lanterns in the belief that these will bring fortune and health. The proceeds go to maintaining the Old Age Home and the hospitals and schools run by the Yuen Yuen Institute.
- An annual Bonsai and Stone Appreciation Show.
- A restaurant is maintained at the Institute that offers vegetarian food.
- Celebration of Chinese New Year or Ghost Month (the 7th month of the lunar calendar).
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