Caring for the Earth as one would for our own mother
Helping Elderly Immigrants to Learn Oral English
A weekly program has been launched to teach oral English at the Joyful Adult Day Health Center in Rowland Heights, California. This class provides American style oral communications, including greetings, identifying objects, introducing people, time, dates, weather, emergency help, etc. More advanced topics will be included for attendees with higher English proficiency. To meet high demand and maintain learning effectiveness, multiple small classes are being conducted.
February 2017 Update
A second class was conducted to include additional conversational topics, such as children and grand children, daily activities, shopping, and ordering fast foods. A few participants are already in their 90s, yet showed a lot of enthusiasm in attending this weekly class which is very heart warming for us as volunteer teachers.
Breathing Harmoniously with the Earth
Warm-up exercise:
Keep all joints relaxed and follow the music and movements in this link as warm-up before the 18 forms of Taiji Bagua Qigong:
Taiji Bagua Qigong in 18 forms with breathing instructions:
Xi: breathing in with nose
Hu: breathing out with mouth
Modified from the original 18 forms by master Lin Hou-Sheng to improve effectiveness and to let Qi flow with clockwise body rotations according to positions of Star of David (6 angles, 60 degrees apart) and Ba Gua (8 astrological positions, 45 degrees apart). Follow movements in sync with the music in this link:
Translation of the name of the 18 forms:
1) Starting form to adjust breathing rhythms. 2) Widen the chest. 3) Wave to the rainbows. 4) Separate the clouds with arms. 5) Backstroke the hand in fixed steps. 6) Row the boat in lake. 7) Raise the ball across the chest. 8) Turn the body to watch the moon. 9) Turn the waist and push the palm. 10) Sweep the cloud in horse steps. 11) Scoop the sea and raise to the sky. 12) Push the sea to make tidal waves. 13) Dove to fly with flapping wings. 14) Hold the fist to deliver a punch. 15) Swans to fly in the sky. 16) Spin the flywheel left and right. 17) Lift the knee and dribble the ball. 18) Return the qi with palms downward.
Photo Gallery – December 2014 “Legendary Treasure: Down Syndrome Baby Kuan-Tin Lin’s Art Exhibition”
1. December 2, 2014 News Media Briefing Highlights
碧波新聞於中天電視台的相關連接 – 唐氏兒林冠廷書畫展 譜寫生命奇蹟
2. December 6-7, 2014 at the Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles
3. December 13-14, 2014 at the Culture Center of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles
Visits from families with Down Syndrome and Autism children
Legendary Treasure – Down Syndrome Baby Kuan-Ting Lin’s Art Exhibition
Exhibition Venue：
Taiwan Center Foundation of Greater Los Angeles
2014.12. 6&7 10AM-5PM
Culture Center of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles
2014.12.13&14 10AM-5PM
Children are treasures from heaven. From the moment babies are born, parents start caring/nursing and continue doing that throughout their growing up while hoping that their children may become the best of the bests in their lives. What if God sent you a “special surprise treasure”… how would you feel about all this?
In the spring of 1988, doctors in the Banqiao East Asia Hospital told Yong-Fa Lin and Ping-Ping Wang, the parents, that their baby suffers from a rare genetic disorder – Down Syndrome. Faced with this sad news, they did not complain, nor choose to abandon this child. Instead, they named the child Kuan-Ting, which means “Crown Royale” in Chinese, in the hope that someday Kuan-Ting may stand out as a well accomplished artist in his own way.
In order to inspire the child’s inherent potential from a young age of 3 or 4 years old , father Yong-Fa Lin personally taught Kuan-Ting writing and drawing. In parallel, mother Ping-Ping Wang’s teaching involved reciting poems from the Tang dynasty, reading verses of Song dynasty, and listening nursery rhymes song lyrics . Free time was used by the family to tour scenic Eastern Taiwan, including painting trips to Mount Lee Jia and outings to Du-Lang Bay in order to inspire endless creativity in this child, cultivated from life aesthetics.
There is a Taiwanese saying: “A blade of grass yields a drop of dew.” After a long-term bathing in the beautiful landscape of nature and the molding from exposure to humanity, Kuan-Ting had his eyes opened and gradually showed brilliance in painting and pottery; and has become an “art little man”. From year 2006 onwards, he and his father have been invited to hold painting exhibitions in Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Germany. He has also published a good collection of books, such as “Songs of Admiration” , “Father-Son Spiritual Dialogue”, “Wild Art Thinking”, and “The Legendary Baby”. His efforts have made his family proud, as well as opened up a wonderful life of painting and calligraphy for himself.
The BigBall Earth Caring Humanity Association hopes “The Legendary Treasure – Down Syndrome Baby Kuan-Ting Lin’s Art Exhibition” will inspire many others like him as well as other physically and mentally handicapped children to strive to surpass their difficulties and obstacles; and live up to a valuable life. We also hope to see our communities cherish these special children with a little more care and love in forming a circle of LOVE with a view of creating a peaceful and happy society.
Photo Gallery – September 2103 Black Faced Spoonbills Exhibition in Los Angeles
News Media Briefing and Exhibition-1 at the Taiwan center of greater Los Angeles
Exhibition-2 at the LA Overseas Chinese Cultural Center – visitors include Miss Taiwan top 3 winners
Exhibition-3 at a shopping mall in east LA
Exhibition-4 at the Confusius Chinese School in Walnut, California
Black-faced Spoonbill Exhibition at Taiwan Center of Greater Los Angeles
Big Ball Director Jolan Chou, Taiwan Center CEO Wang Mei-Feng, Big Ball CEO James Tang
Black-Faced Spoonbill Photography Exhibition in LA Confirmed
Come one, come all to see the first BECHA activity in North America….!
Open to public and admission free…!
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A South Wind Chaser 追風南行小英雄
The Heroic Journey of “Happy” the Black-Faced Spoonbill 黑面琵鷺的故事
碧波關懷地球人文協會 Big Ball Earth Caring Humanity Association
黑面琵鷺攝影展 Black-Faced Spoonbill Photography Exhibition
2013/9/14~15—————–
10:00am~5:30pm Taiwan Center Foundation of Great Los Angeles
3001 Walnut Grove Ave. Rosemead CA 91770
2013/9/18~19—————–洛杉磯華僑文教服務中心
10:00am~5:00pm Culture Center of Taipei Economic and Culture Office in
Los Angeles
9443 Telstar Ave. EL Monte CA 91731
2013/9/23~27—————–四季廣場 三樓 東區第一會館
9:00am~5:00pm STC Center 3rd. Floor Seasons Place
18558 Gale Ave. City of Industry 91748
2013/9/28, 10/5.12.19——-核桃市孔孟中文學校
9:00am~12:30pm Confucius Chinese Language School of Walnut
(Suzanne Middle School)
525 Suzanne Rd. Walnut CA 91789
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Black-Faced Spoonbills Exhibition in September
Great news! The 1st North American Region photography exhibition of Black-Faced Spoonbills by the legendary photographer Mr. Wang Zeng-Ji (王徵吉）will be held in mid-September in LA. This exhibit will be open to public and is admission free. The children’s book “The Little Hero that Follows the Wind” written by the well-published Taiwanese Writer Ms. Chiang Han-Chen (江涵真) and translated into English by a group of high school students in LA will also be distributed at this Exhibit. More details to follow in the coming weeks.
Last Updated: July 2, 2017 by BECHA Leave a Comment
New service of providing a repository for memoirs of retirees
Staring in December 2016, a new community service has been added to provide a repository for memoirs of retirees. This new service is intended to provide a forum for retirees to share their memorable life stories which can be viewed by all BigBall members and supporters around the world. We also encourage new entries from anyone willing to share their significant real life experiences and stories. Please send all inquiries to
You can find memoirs posting from the Menu bar under Community Services.
從2016年12月开始， 碧波提供一个新的社区服务项目，就是在碧波网站上开辟了一个“回忆录”栏目给退休人士。目的是为退休人士提供一个平台，把人生值得回忆的故事分享给全世界的网站读友。我们希望有新的碧波之友来共襄盛举，分享您的精彩人生故事，把回忆留下来给家人及新旧朋友们。请联系网站电邮地址
回忆录可以從网站的大标题Community Services（社区服务）点开查找。