Taiwan: Falun Dafa Photo Exhibition at the Scenic Alishan Mountain (Photos)
by Qing Han
(Clearwisdom.net) The Falun Dafa Photo Exhibition that was held from
January 21 to February 12, 2006, at Shianglin Elementary School on Alishan
Mountain was a great success. It attracted many visitors and viewers, clearly
exposing the brutal persecution of the Chinese Communist Regime against Falun
Gong while displaying the beauty of Falun Dafa. When the practitioners first decided to host the exhibition at Alishan
Mountain, they just had a simple thought: Alishan is a busy scenic spot, and
tourists from Mainland China must come up to Alishan once they come to Taiwan.
Also, the pictures are so good and it's free admission, so it will definitely
draw a crowd. One hundred twenty-six pictures were shipped to Alishan Mountain, and were
hung up properly in the square of Shainglin Elementary School. One practitioner
said, "We have lots of fog and clouds here, and it's pretty humid, so we
covered each photo with plastic sheets, to protect them from getting wet."
The practitioner mentioned that even though the equipment is simple, each
picture was taken by practitioners from all over the world. So they not only
depict the scenes or stories, but also reflect their understanding and the
hardships they have endured, making them even more precious and worth studying. In the first few days of the exhibition, out of the waves of tourists who
came to Shouzhen Palace, only a few came into the exhibition. Practitioners
tried distributing introduction materials, but it still didn't draw people into
the exhibition. Then someone suggested having a "good-will tree," and
the tourists can have a paper lotus flower when they say something kind. This
eventually led many people to come view the exhibition. So a group of
practitioners went there to fold the lotus flowers. Most of the tourist from Mainland and others would ask curiously about the
Christmas tree with all kinds of cards hanging on it. Some of them would compete
for the microphone, while others were so shy that they didn't even know what to
say when holding up the microphone. The practitioners would lead the shy ones to
read a poem from a Falun Dafa book, while others would follow along in reading.
Everyone looked so respectful and calm. Once they were given a lotus flower,
practitioners would lead them to the pictures. Almost everyone would look at
each picture, and the whole exhibition was filled with peace and harmony. A guide said: "Once the tourists viewed the exhibit, they would be moved
by the strong righteous spirit in the pictures. This is what I saw in the past
twenty days." Why is it called "Falun Dafa Photo Exhibition"? These pictures were
carefully selected and the content ranges from the founder of Falun Gong giving
lectures and practitioners doing exercises in Mainland China in early times, to
recent events such as practitioners from Taiwan forming the Falun symbol and
events of introducing Dafa and exposing the persecution facts. Each picture has
mighty power. Some were scared when they saw the photos that showed the tortures by the
Chinese Communist regime, and some even dared not look at them. The guides would
point out that this is a key point of the exhibition. They explained, "Some
of the scenes were re-enacted by practitioners and the true situation is
hundreds or thousands times worse in the prisons. We just hope people can see
the evil nature of the Chinese Communist Party. Over a hundred million people
from more than seventy countries benefited from the practice and Falun Gong
promotes social morality." People who viewed the exhibition and truly
learned the facts would support us and stand up for righteousness. This includes
people from Mainland China; they're speechless when standing in front of the
pictures. They have benevolence in their heart, the pictures trigger their
righteous thoughts, and encourage them to support righteousness. This was the
whole purpose for the exhibition. While at the exhibition, I met a tourist who was a retired government
official from Taipei County. He told me that he'd never seen pictures like these
before. He said, "The pictures seem to be alive!" *This Exhibition has moved to National Shianglin Middle School and will be
open through April 30, 2006.
Two young tourists look at a picture of people doing exercises
A group of tourists from Mainland China viewing the pictures
Two tourists from Mainland carefully reading the Falun Dafa materials under
the roof of Shouzhen Palace
The guide of the exhibition introducing the pictures
The guide of the exhibition introducing the pictures
Chinese version available at
http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2006/3/11/122590.html
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