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Magnificent Incidents that Occurred During Zhao Dewen's Funeral Have Awakened People
(Clearwisdom.net)
Dafa Practitioner Zhao Dewen Died from the Persecution
Ms. Zhao Dewen was a 52 year-old resident of Beichen District in Tianjin
City. Because of practicing Falun Gong, she was arrested at home on January 19,
2001, and later sent to a forced labor camp for one year. She was detained in
the Banqiao Women Labor Camp in Dagang District of Tianjin City. During the
illegal detention, with her righteous thoughts as solid as rock, Zhao did not
yield to any of the vicious people's requests. After one year, her term was
extended. After Zhao was detained for an extra seventeen months, she was still
held there until she was persecuted to death.
In order to force Zhao give up her belief in Dafa, the police often tortured
her by means such as beating, kicking, handcuffing, shocking with electric
batons, depriving of sleeping, and forcing her to stay outdoors while being
bitten by mosquitoes. Zhao did not yield at all in front of the brutal
persecution and torture.
On February 16, 2003, when Zhao was detained for more than one extra year,
her elder sister came to visit her. Zhao told her sister, "I have suffered
all kinds of tortures. I do it for practicing Falun Dafa, and I will never
commit suicide. Our teacher has said Falun Gong practitioners cannot kill other
beings, let alone kill themselves. If I die here, it will be due to the
persecution."
On June 3, 2003, the forced labor camp suddenly sent a van to pick up Zhao's
husband and children, saying that Zhao had died. Later, it was learned that Zhao
was tortured to death in the fifth division. In the afternoon of June 2, 2003,
two policewomen Wang and Kou instigated four inmates to "handle" Zhao.
After beating and kicking, four of them lifted Zhao by her limbs, and then
dropped her hard on the floor. After doing this several times, Zhao's internal
organs were severely damaged, and her lower body was bleeding. Zhao passed away
soon afterwards.
After Zhao died, the vicious police faked a suicide scene in order to shirk
their responsibility. They tied ropes around her neck, and cut open the blood
vessel in her wrist. However, even after three days of being frozen, Zhao's
lower body and wrist (which was cut opened) were still bleeding without end.
Failing to fake the suicide scene, the labor camp's office gave Zhao's family
5,000 Yuan (about $600 USD), and acquiesced that Zhao was tortured to death.
After Zhao's death, several unusual and magnificent things happened, which had
awakened people.
Magnificence at the Funeral
After Zhao was persecuted to death, her family held a funeral. One of her
colleagues went to buy some fruits for the funeral. After buying several kinds,
she wanted to buy more. At that moment, she heard Zhao's voice say to her,
"All right, they [the fruits] are enough." The voice was very clear,
and the colleague was shocked. After her return, she told this to others. Many
people said, "Falun Gong practitioners are really extraordinary."
In the evening during the funeral, many people came to mourn Zhao. An entire
bundle of incense was lit. Soon after that, the entire bundle of incense
suddenly blasted open at the top. It formed the shape of a lotus flower, with
some of the incense as petals; the petals formed a layer of the lotus flower.
The burning flame emitted a dazzling ring of light. Some people saw that, Zhao
was sitting inside the light ring with a compassionate look, and one hand erect.
The incense continued to burn. After each time it burned one and a half inches,
the ash would form another layer of the lotus flower. It continued like this
until the entire bundle of incense was finished. Layers upon layers of the lotus
flower formed by the ashes remaining there without collapsing. Everyone at the
funeral, and this includes five or six policemen, were all shocked when they
witnessed this. They all saw Zhao sitting in the lotus flower layers formed by
the burning incense--sitting with her leg crossed and with one hand erect. A
niece asked curiously, "What is aunt doing in the light ring erecting her
hand?" Everyone was amazed upon seeing this scene.
On the day Zhao was sent for cremation, three sticks of incense were lit at
the ceremony. When the first incense was lit, it shook from the top, although
the bottom did not move. When the second incense was lit, all of the incense
shook. When the third incense was lit, all of the incense, together with the
incense burner and the table all started to shake. People were shocked when they
saw this, and could not find explanations for it.
Before the cremation, when people changed Zhao's clothes, they noticed Zhao
had many bruises on her back. Her wrist and lower body was still bleeding bright
red blood. A policeman was whispering, "How come it is still bleeding after
freezing for three days? It is really strange!" Normally, after one's
corpse has been frozen for a few hours, the blood inside the blood vessels will
be frozen. However, even after Zhao's body was kept frozen for three days, the
blood did not freeze but instead her corpse continued bleeding. During the
entire process that day, from departure to the cremation, it was raining
continuously. The rain did not stop until the cremation was completed.
Awakening the People
The magnificent phenomena at Zhao's funeral soon spread to the local
community, and people started to talk about it. Some were thinking, some were
regretting, and some had changed their attitudes toward Falun Gong.
Throughout the whole process of Zhao's funeral, Dafa disciples kept
clarifying the truth to the people who had been deceived by lies. Many
practitioners, who did not step forward or did not do well previously, also
actively participated in validating the Fa.
After a government officer witnessed these unusual and magnificent incidents,
he was shocked: "In the past, I only believed in the government's
propaganda and did many bad things. Now with my own eyes, I have seen what it
is. In the future, if the government continues to lie about Falun Gong, I will
no longer believe it. Plus, I will tell others the truth about Falun Gong. Falun
Gong is indeed extraordinary, and it is indeed good." Some said, "In
the past, I believed the propaganda from the government and signed into the
campaign against Falun Gong. I really regret it. From now on, I will never
believe what the government says."
People who attended the mourning were also talking about it, "The
newspaper and television has repeatedly claimed that Falun Gong practitioners
kill others or themselves. Now, wasn't Zhao killed by the government? [The
police] even attempted to fake a suicide scene, although it did not work out in
the end. From this, it seems that the government's propaganda are all
lies." "Yes, I agree. As far as I know, Falun Gong practitioners are
all upright and healthy. And they are also kind to others. I heard Falun Gong
teaches people to become better. Jiang even says bad words about them. How come
he just keeps lying?" Some whispered: "I also want to practice Falun
Gong." "Falun Gong is so good, why can't we practice it?"
"Do you know if it is too late to practice now?" "It should be
ok. We need to find practitioners to teach us. It will work out."
There is also one person, who was somewhat greedy and sometimes stole
merchandise from the store. After seeing the magnificent sights at the funeral,
he was shocked, and decided to begin a new life. He told his relatives, "I
also want to practice Falun Gong." He also found several relatives who want
to learn Falun Gong as well. Right now, after hearing the magnificent things at
Zhao's funeral, with the help with local practitioners, many people have started
to practice Falun Gong.
There were about five or six policemen who came to monitor Zhao's funeral.
They either witnessed these magnificent things, or heard about them. These
shocked them and made them fearful. The Party has continued to spread atheist
propaganda, and considers cultivation superstitious. Now, they have witnessed
these things in person. Some realized they had been deceived by Jiang, and
decided to correct previous faults and stop doing bad deeds. Some stood out
courageously, unveiling all kinds of crimes in the labor camp that persecuted
Zhao. Some policemen also came to know it was wrong to follow Jiang's
persecution of Falun Gong. So, when seeing Dafa disciples clarifying truth at
the funeral, they kept quiet and listened.
Soon after this, the notorious Division 5 of Banqiao Women Labor Camp at
Dagang District in Tianjin City ceased to exist.
September 14, 2003 Posting date: 9/28/2003 |