UK: Telling Chinese People the Facts at Moon Festival Party in Leeds
September 20, 2003 (Clearwisdom.net) On September 8, 2003, Leeds Town Hall in the UK hosted a party to celebrate the mid-autumn
Chinese festival, known as the Moon Festival. Practitioners from Leeds thought that this was a great
chance that should not be missed to let people know more about Falun Gong and tell them the facts
about the persecution. They arrived early and stood at the junction between two main roads to hand
out Dafa materials to Chinese people who were going to the party. It wasn't long before an
interesting scene unfolded. There were many people who wanted to talk to the practitioners. On one
side of the road, people surrounded a practitioner and none of them left until they received
materials letting them know the facts about Falun Gong. Practitioners' compassionate smiles and hearts moved the people around them. One practitioner
quietly said, "Today we are here to celebrate the mid-autumn festival. But have we thought that
in China there are over 700 practitioners who have died from the persecution? How will their
relatives spend the mid-autumn festival? Practitioners are all compassionate people; all they want
is to speak the truth." One passer-by heard what was said and was very surprised. He
immediately asked, "Did all those people really die?" A lot of other people were silent
but from their eyes it could be seen that they understood and were sympathetic. An elderly person
didn't understand practitioners at the beginning and looked at them suspiciously. A practitioner
went to him holding a Video-CD. The old man smiled, took the VCD and waved. Someone also asked
practitioners how to get to the party and some other questions about the party. Practitioners
patiently answered all of the questions and offered help. Later they said, "Oh! So you are
Falun Gong practitioners. We thought you were the organizers of the party!" A man from Mainland
China met with practitioners and happily said, "When is your next exercise class? Please phone
me and take me there. I want to learn the exercises as well." A large amount of literature was distributed. Looking around, practitioners found that everyone
was carefully reading the literature. In a single evening, nearly everyone received some literature
about Falun Gong. Someone said jokingly, "I think tonight isn't a Moon Festival party but a
Falun Gong reading meeting!" After the mid-autumn performances finally started, practitioners
stood in the moonlight, with empty bags and smiled. URL: http://www.clearharmony.net/articles/200309/15239.html
Chinese version available at
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