"Hearing the sound of the bell, clear your mind of troubles, open up to wisdom, give birth to the Bodhi tree," the nun Yijih's clear voice follows close behind, resounding throughout the main hall .... At noon on Saturday, December 30, 1995, the students, teachers and parents of the Northern San Diego Chinese School, 80 people altogether, arrived one after the other at Hsifang Temple.
「咚……」清響的鐘聲在耳邊繚繞，「聞鐘聲、煩惱清、智慧開、菩提生」依日法師清亮的聲音，緊接著在大廳中回盪… … 民國八十四年十二月三日星期六中午，聖地牙哥北郡中文學校學分班師生加上家長一行共八十多人，陸陸續續抵達西方寺。