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Overwhelming Audience Feedback Underscores CCP's Ludicrous Attempts to Interfere with Divine Performing Arts' Shows (Part 2) By Ouyang Fei
(Clearwisdom.net) Part 1: http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2008/1/20/93445.html 3. The Divine Performing Arts Show Embodies Traditional Chinese Values "From the start, I found it very artistic, like watching a beautiful
view with a musical background; then more and more contents were revealed. When
the three characters, 'Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance' appeared on the
sky screen, I felt it reaching its peak, connecting ancient history with today.
I saw the glorious victory." (Kathy J. Segal, a psychologist from
Philadelphia) "Every number on the program is extremely beautiful and sensational. The
most meaningful aspect was the emphasis on Truthfulness, Compassion, and
Forbearance and the power it brings to the world." (Huang Zhenyu, a
reporter/columnist from New York) "From the first part of the show, 'Descent of the Celestial Kings' to
the last one, 'Drummers of the Tang Court,' the whole performance shows a
delicate and magnificent atmosphere, demonstrating pure kindness and respect for
divine beings and virtue. It presents the power of new life and hope to all
people." (Guo Jingzi, critic from New York) "If people want to see a professional show with beautiful costumes,
skilled dancing, high morality, and good stories, this show should be highly
recommended." (Edward Charles, Board Member of John Creek Business
Association in Georgia, USA, in charge of Music and Arts) "When the three characters, 'Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance'
appeared on the screen, we were stunned, feeling that the characters were very
meaningful and with a powerful message." (Lou and Barbara Young, an elderly
couple from Dallas) Renowned economist Cheng Xiaonong stated, "The show opens a new era and
presents Chinese traditional culture without any trace of the CCP (Chinese
Communist Party) culture. It is what people need now." Professor Roderic Gorney is a psychology professor at the University of
California, Los Angeles. He said that the messages conveyed in the show, such as
honesty and compassion, are universal values that everybody should follow. They
are common values in both East and West. In late 2007, one incident became the most popular topic on Chinese websites:
a well-known TV hostess went uninvited to a press conference on the Olympics
broadcast through China Central Television and exposed her husband, who was one
of the major figures at the conference, about his extra-marital affairs. The
hostess cited several times the words of a French diplomat, that before she
could export her values, China could never become a great nation. This incident
stimulated a discussion about "values." As a body, Chinese society has
lost its traditional values. Cheap products exported by China all over the world
cannot make China a truly great nation. Although the Chinese Communist Party has been trying hard to create the image
of a great country, the country is facing a crisis of moral decline under the
banner of economic development. An article in the Wall Street Journal stated
that in today's China, where communism had failed, "getting rich" is
the belief of most Chinese. China is heading in a frightening direction because
people are not bound by morality, belief, and law; the society is not monitored
by a free media; and the materialistic worship of money has become the
mainstream ideal and national "religion." Where are traditional Chinese values? They lie in the traditional culture
that has been abandoned by the CCP. The culture of five thousand years has
established many virtues such as honesty, kindness, forbearance, mercifulness,
righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and loyalty. The efforts of Divine Performing
Arts are to demonstrate traditional Chinese values and to rejuvenate traditional
Chinese culture, which must be the root and foundation of China's rejuvenation. 4. Divine Performing Arts Shows Reflect "Divine Charm" in
Traditional Chinese Culture Christine Walevska, a world-renowned cellist, said that the Divine Performing
Arts shows are worth watching a hundred times. She greatly appreciated the
spiritual forces projected by the show. Ms. Lin Xilin, a renowned "Rightist" [persecuted for years by the
CCP] in China and former correspondent for China Youth Daily, said:
"The show displays solemn divine kingdoms, the graceful Qing Dynasty palace
and the current China proper. It shows righteousness conquering evil. It also
displays images from the great Tang dynasty battlefield, to the flower blossoms
of the Southern China water townships, to the dreamy realms of Western musical
serenades." She also said, "What attracted me to watch the Divine
Performing Arts shows repeatedly? What touched my soul so deeply? Watching
Divine Performing Arts perform is like a baptism that purifies the soul." Fred Kaminski, a professional actor in New York, pointed out that the whole
show had a highly rich sensitivity. He could feel energy from higher levels.
Messages conveyed by the dance dramas can penetrate through to people's hearts
and souls and touch the best side of humanity. Peter Redmond is a chiropractor in Philadelphia. He said: "In the show,
it seemed I could touch this huge energy at any time. I saw beings struggle
between humanity and the divine. The lyrics have much wisdom." Mr. Jiang Wei, an elderly Chinese man in Dallas, Texas, said the Divine
Performing Arts show is vivid and perfectly satisfying. Kathy J. Segal, a psychologist in Philadelphia, commented that the show was
really excellent, spanning time, space and cultures. The show was sensitive and
poetic. She said that the visual effects were very beautiful, seemingly coming
from another world. Carolina Escobar, CEO of a New York company said: "The whole show is
marvelous, pleasing and peaceful. At the same time, the show is touching,
touching deep into people's hearts." Woody Hunder, a former US Navy captain said: "I love the theme of the
whole show. When I heard the song, 'But a Moment's Chance,' I was very moved. I
felt the song came just for me. I felt that God came down to me." "The show presented a state of purity, especially on the spiritual
level. What moves me the most in the show is Gods sacrificing themselves to save
the world when the world's morality is deteriorating" (Wang Juntao, a
renowned Chinese democracy activist and Chairman of the Board of the Chinese
Constitutional Reform Association. Wang holds a PhD. degree in Political Science
from Columbia University) China is also called the divine land. The theme of the Divine Performing Arts
shows is rediscovering the Chinese five-thousand-year-old divine culture.
Hundreds of thousands of audience members experienced the aspiring
"spirit" of traditional Chinese culture displayed by the show. Now the
CCP is also trying to promote so-called "restoration"of traditional
Chinese culture. However, the CCP, inheriting foreign communist ideas, regards
"atheism" and "materialism" as the absolute standards from
which to examine Chinese culture. The CCP criticizes "respecting Gods and
nature" in traditional Chinese culture and treats it as "feudalistic
superstition." And the CCP even distorts "assimilation of humans and
the heavens" in the Confucian School and "the way of Tao by
nature" in the Taoist School, and presents them as ancient
"atheism", which totally destroys the essential characteristics of the
Confucian School and the Taoist School. Why does one want to be a good person? Why should one be earnest and
kind-hearted? The "Heavens" or "Gods" in Chinese culture
have been the fundamental basis of all morality for several thousand years. If
the heavenly principles are denied, morality can never exist. Communism also
claims that morals will improve when society becomes rich. However, how many
people are willing to become the first good person with the forbearance to
suffer any loss in a communist society that takes "atheism" as its
ultimate belief? Practice has shown, in such a society, that morality declines
very quickly. Isn't today's China like this? No matter how much effort the CCP
makes to promote so-called "culture" without respect for Gods and
heavenly principles, it cannot prevent social morality from declining. Only by
respecting the Heavens, can society have a basis on which to reconstruct
morality. (To be continued) Posting date: 1/22/2008 |