(06/06/02)A photo exhibition opens Friday in the Old City section of Philadelphia that
traces the history of what has been called the most persecuted group in China
today.
One photo shows a man in Tiananman Square waving a red-on-yellow banner, with
a policeman walking menacingly toward him. It's an image from "A Gem Shining
Through the Twilight of China" -- a photo exhibit on Falun Gong or Falan Dafa, a
traditional practice of meditation and exercise with teachings based on the
principles of Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance.
Although practiced by as many as 100 million people, it was banned -- under
pain of imprisonment, torture and death -- by the Chinese government in 1999.
Qui of Bryn Mawr has family in Beijing who are Falun Gong practitioners:
"They are not allowed to do any practice. They have been under a lot of
pressure. My mom was sent to a detention center for a month, and my dad was
locked up for weeks."
The exhibit opens Friday at the Horton Gallery at 237 Market Street, and
remains there through June 13th
(From: http://www.kyw1060.com/news_archives_detail.cfm?newsitemid=21745)
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