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Taizhong, Taiwan: Displaying Dafa's Inner Meaning through Art (Photos)
By Falun Gong practitioners in Taiwan (Clearwisdom.net) On March 6-18, 2004, Falun Gong practitioners held a 13-day
Journey of Falun Dafa and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Artistic Creation
Exhibition at the Taizhong City Culture Bureau. The culture center arranged to place banners bearing the message, "Journey of
Falun Dafa and Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance Artistic Creation Exhibition"
at three big intersections in Taizhong City. The photos document the worldwide spread of Falun Dafa since its first
introduction to the public in 1992 in China. Falun Dafa has enabled more than
100 million people to have their hearts purified and their moral standards
elevated. "Renewing the three domains" artists, through cultivating their
hearts, studying the principle of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance,"
displayed their transcendent and refined values in their artwork, which
contained wonderful messages of serenity and peacefulness. They also embodied
the inner meaning of "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" into citizen's lives
and culture. Many visitors enjoyed viewing the artwork and listening to Falun
Dafa practitioners explain the facts about Falun Dafa. Truth-clarifying movies were played during the activity. Originally, the
director of the culture bureau worried that showing movies would not be
appropriate during the exhibition, but after watching the movies, he changed his
attitude, and commended this approach. Falun Dafa practitioners experienced many pleasant and touching stories at
the exhibition site. Through the exhibition, many people were introduced to Dafa.
Several people had been searching for Dafa for quite a period of time, but they
could not find out where to learn to practice it. At this exhibition site, they
happily found Dafa. Many visitors said after listening to practitioners'
explanations, "Thank you very much for telling me this, thank you." Other
visitors expressed their happiness and admiration. As the activity coincided with Taiwan's presidential elections, leaders of
different political parties and representatives were busy with the election;
still many councilmen came in person to the exhibition and experienced the
wonderfulness of Falun Dafa. They positively affirmed Falun Dafa, felt it
inconceivable that Jiang's group persecutes Falun Gong practitioners, and
condemned its trampling upon human rights. Taizhong City councilman Mr. Yan Yingnan expressed that artistic creation is
putting an artists good thoughts into his or her works, so they convey a
wonderful and transcendent message. He believes Falun Dafa practitioners have
high virtue, so they can create such pure and refined works. One visitor, a Mr. Chen, felt that Falun Gong practitioners used their hearts
to promote artistic culture. He used to have some puzzlement about Falun Gong,
and could not understand how the Mainland government could persecute such a good
cultivation practice. Through visiting the exhibition, and by listening to Falun
Gong practitioners' explanations, he gained a deeper understanding of Falun Dafa.
Taizhong City councilman Mr. You Minzhe said, "Misunderstanding is the result
of incomprehension. It is quite good to introduce Falun Gong through artwork and
cultivation experiences. People easily accept this, and also it is close to the
general public, and gives them a wonderful feeling." |