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Compassion Permeates the Entire Audience at New Year Spectacular in Toronto
By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Canada
(Clearwisdom.net) "I have never seen such an extraordinary
performance before in my life" was my feeling when I was watching New Tang
Dynasty TV's Global Chinese New Year Spectacular at Toronto Center for the Arts.
As the purple curtain slowly raises up, accompanied by music from the Tianyin
Orchestra, the dance "The Vows of Old" unfurls in front of the
audience - an epic tale that took place in a Western paradise. The dance sends
messages about the origin and meaning of life. A powerful remote voice echoes in
the back, "When the great tribulation of the universe arrives, who is
willing to follow the King, descend into the human world, rectify the Fa and
rescue sentient beings?" On the stage, gods who reign over different paradises make different choices.
Gods who signed a vow take on the responsibility of rescuing sentient beings
walk down toward the human world, step by step, amid admiration, praise and hope
of sentient beings. At that moment, several nearby friends and I already had
tears streaming down our faces. In the dance "The Loyalty of Yue Fei," the melody of "Red, Red
River" plays in the background while a scene of Tangyin County in South
Song Dynasty appears on the backdrop. Yue Fei [a general and national hero
during South Song Dynasty] trained soldiers in his hometown, and he was full
of courage, propriety and wisdom. When the Jin army invaded the South Song Dynasty and inflicted tremendous
suffering on the people, Yue Fei enlisted in the military, responding to a call
from the government. Yue Fei's mother was pleased at her son's outstanding
strength, although a mother's love made Yue Fei's departure hard to bear. She
put the country before herself however, and tattooed four characters,
"Serve the country with loyalty" on her son's back. Yue Fei remembered
his mother's teaching and defended the country and its people amid chaos and
calamity. I recalled Master's poem in my mind, "On and on, the autumn rain falls like tears, I gained a deeper understanding of the significance of recreating this part
of Chinese history at the Chinese New Year Spectacular, and I deeply felt
Master's vast and mighty Buddha graciousness. I
deeply felt Master's implication in his words, "The reason I have come here is to save all sentient beings amidst the
Fa-rectification at a time when the colossal firmament of the cosmos is
disintegrating." (Touring North America to Teach the Fa) I could tell there were subtle changes in people's minds as the performance
progressed. The compassionate call that radiated from the stage permeating the
whole audience, and the shocking message "Falun Dafa is good"
gradually set many people free from confusion and loss. An older couple sitting
next to me clapped after every performance at first, but they stopped when they
heard the message of "Falun Dafa is good." During the second half of
the performance, however, they changed completely, as they responded to every
program with warm applause. They often raised their hands in front of their
chests while warmly clapping. One middle-age woman who had recently come from Mainland China couldn't stop
praising the performance after the show. She said she works in the field of
literature, and has a good understanding of the arts. She said the entire show
was original, flowed smoothly and was highly creative. "Mulan" and "The Loyalty of Yue Fei," both household
stories in the Chinese history, are presented with such moving intensity.
"White Lotus on a Snow Mountain" and the "Mongolian Bowl
Dance" were absolutely perfect, and last but not least, the dance of
"Resounding Drum" was the climax that left the audience refreshed and
deeply impressed. Bai Xue's song "Finding the Truth" echoed in the air, "So vast are heaven and earth, When disaster descends, The lyrics and music pounded people's hearts, and waves of energy bounced off
the stage and moved the audience. We believe from the depths of our hearts that this moving performance will
eventually visit China, a grand stage where 5,000 years of history unfolded. We
also believe the Chinese people and others who have awakened will personally
experience the true essence of a culture passed down by gods and the truthful,
historic existence of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in the land of China. |