Truth, Compassion, Tolerance Art Exhibition Held in Japan -- a Guest Remarks "Don't Give Up! Don't Be Afraid!" (Photos)
By a practitioner in Japan
(Clearwisdom.net) From August 29 to September 4, 2005, the Third
International Truth, Compassion, Tolerance Art Exhibition hosted by the Japan
Falun Dafa Association was held in the No. 1 Exhibition Hall of the County
People's Hall, Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan. More than thirty paintings were shown
during the seven-day exhibition, and they left a deep impression on the viewers. The exhibition was held in two rooms. Paintings exposing the persecution of
Falun Gong in China were hung together in one room. Paintings showing the grace
of Dafa and retribution for wrong deeds were hung in the next room. The contrast
between the exhibitions in the two rooms was remarkable. Some viewers said,
"They look like two worlds!" Predestined people come to know about Dafa for the first time Many of the viewers did not know about the painting exhibition beforehand.
They learned about Falun Gong and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s
six-year-long persecution for the first time. They were surprised and expressed
sympathy for the practitioners and support to oppose the persecution. Don't give up£¡Don't be afraid£¡ On the morning of September 1, just after the exhibition opened, a young
Western man came and greeted everyone in Japanese. Seeing bookmarks on the
information desk, he said to himself, "Falun Gong." There was no introduction in English. By coincidence, there was a brochure of
the paintings in both English and Chinese on the desk. The practitioners invited
him to sit down and read the description before viewing the paintings. The young
man agreed, sat down, and read the brochure while talking with the
practitioners. He said that he had been in Japan for two months and was staying in Saitama
to learn Japanese. He had heard of the persecution of Falun Gong. He asked the
reason for the persecution. The practitioner told him, "Because CCP is evil
and does not allow freedom of belief." The young man agreed as he is from
Poland. In their discussion, he said that he could imagine the CCP's cruel deeds
because his country used to be controlled by the Communist Party. He laughed at
a painting of an angel attempting to prod Jiang Zemin, the persecution culprit,
into hell. Hearing that Jiang has been sued in 15 countries, he said that such
actions were very good. He put forward that he would like to spread the information on the
persecution to his students learning English. He said that he had Chinese
friends and would give the information in Chinese to them. The practitioner asked him to write down comments after viewing the
exhibition. He wrote down the following words in English, "I am touched by
the painting exhibition. I knew a little about Falun Gong. But after looking the
paintings, I now know that the persecution of Falun Gong in China is so
cruel." As he left, he shook hands with a practitioner and said, "Don't give up!
Don't be afraid! If you are afraid, that's what the Chinese Communist Party
wants. Please believe one day you can get freedom like us. Good luck to
you!" The little practitioners' righteousness On the afternoon of September 4, teachers and students from the Tokyo Minghui
School came to view the paintings. Though the teachers had introduced some
paintings beforehand, the students listened carefully to the guide. After
viewing the paintings, they had a discussion in a park nearby. The children said
that they would think of better methods to help end the persecution in China and
rescue practitioners' orphans.
Comments by a young man from Poland
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/9/24/111105.html
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