(Clearwisdom.net) These photos were taken from autumn 1998 to spring 1999. The photos showed Falun Dafa's rapid development in Shijiazhuang City, and the growth in the number of practitioners between 1998 and 1999. Falun Dafa attracted more and more local predestined people to join in cultivation with its emphasis on cultivation of character and valuing virtue, ability to elevate our morality and miraculous effects of healing illnesses.

On National Day (October 1) in 1998, more than 9,000 Falun Dafa practitioners did the exercises on the square of Hebei Province's Museum.

Young Dafa practitioners practice sitting meditation on the square of Shijiazhuang City's Youth Palace.

Falun Dafa practitioners do the exercises in front of the Hebei Province Theatre.

Falun Dafa practitioners do the exercises on the square of Shijiazhuang City's Train Station.

Practitioners do the exercises on the square in front of the Huabei Martyrs' Cemetery.

A map showing the distribution of Falun Dafa practice sites in Shijiazhuang City.

( Note: the above photos were supplied by local veteran practitioners. The first photo "More than 9,000 Falun Dafa practitioners did the exercises on the National Day in 1998" was a photo that was scanned, and the rest of photos were collected from the laminated posters at that time and then scanned. )