Kuen Cheng Students Explore Life Education: Reflecting on Relationships, Rediscovering Themselves

Spending a meaningful Saturday in an uncommon way, a group of students from Kuen Cheng High School stepped into a memorial park and funeral space — not to mourn, not to observe operational procedures, and not out of curiosity about death, but to encounter life from a different perspective.

Through this immersive experience, students were invited to slow down and reflect on the significance of human relationships, while reconnecting with the value and meaning of their own lives.

The visit became more than a physical journey through memorial and funeral spaces; it opened up a space for contemplation. Students paused to observe, listen, and experience — discovering that conversations about life and death can lead to deeper awareness of self and others.

Their reflections revealed unexpected depth and sensitivity.
“ Returning to a memorial park outside of Qingming felt completely different.”
“ Only when we slow down do we have the opportunity to truly feel.”
“ I realised this place is much closer to our everyday lives than I thought.”
“ What remains after someone leaves is not only ashes, but meaning.”
“ As long as someone remembers, life never truly leaves.”
“ Our silence was not emptiness — it was the beginning of reflection.”
“ Life and death may not be opposites, but experiences within the same journey.”
“ Death is the only certainty in life, which is why every day deserves to be treasured.”

Life education is not about delivering lessons or offering fixed answers.
Instead, through experiences that “living with death in mind”, reconnect with personal life experiences, and better understand the value of relationships.

In learning to face life’s impermanence, students are also learning something equally important: to cherish others, and to care for themselves.