(Clearwisdom.net)
  On January 8, 2004, close to four thousand Falun Gong practitioners from Taiwan lined up and formed the Chinese characters "Fa Rectification" and the words "Falun Dafa." |
A Moment in Time, Eternal Significance
The "Falun Dafa Practitioners Validating the Fa" photo exhibition was first presented to the public at the Taibei Municipal Social Education Hall. From September 3 to 11, 2005, it was once again shown at the Taibei Municipal Library. This exhibit included 140 photographs, which recorded many precious and significant moments for history. The pictures showed how Falun Dafa practitioners carried on their truth clarification efforts and how difficult the path of Fa-rectification was. It presented the Fa's compassion and beauty and showed how the Fa had brought harmony to people. It told people the principle that "good will be rewarded with good and evil will meet with retribution."
At the exhibition's opening, Zhang Qingxi, the chairman of the Taiwan Falun Dafa Association, said that the exhibit was to show people how Falun Dafa practitioners have endured the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s persecution to persistently clarify the truth to people and to present the beauty of Falun Gong to the whole world.
Chen Xiuhui, the deputy secretary of the General Culture Committee, pointed out that these extraordinary photos documenting Falun Gong practitioners' parades and their exercise demonstrations were really touching and could deeply move people. Seeing so many practitioners bring their young children to participate in Falun Gong activities made her feel that Falun Gong is a simple yet righteous culture that was very important for children's development. She also hoped that the exhibit would help the world learn the facts of how the CCP has been brutally persecuting Falun Gong and Falun Gong practitioners.
  The opening ceremony of the "Falun Dafa Practitioners Validating the Fa" photo exhibit. |
  Chen Xiuhui, on the left, the deputy secretary of the General Culture Committee, viewing photos at the exhibit opening |
The exhibit's sponsor explained that Falun Dafa has been widely spread for 13 years, enduring many hardships. The photos tell the stories of how the teacher of Falun Gong has protected practitioners and of how the practitioners have been braving tribulations and difficulties. The exhibit is a powerful tool to help the public know about the persecution of Falun Gong. It will be a witness to Falun Gong's history.
After she visited the exhibit, Yuan Meimin, the deputy director of the Taibei Municipal Library, said she believed that Falun Gong could help purify people's minds and hearts at a time when social and moral standards are low and society is in disorder. She expected that the exhibit would generate a great deal of positive feedback.
Guan Biling, a legislative member of Congress, wasn't able to visit the exhibit herself. She sent Mr. Jiang, one of her assistants, to attend the exhibit opening and pass on her congratulations. Mr. Jiang said that the photos displayed the facts and recorded the events for the historical record. He believed that Falun Gong would help spread the essence of the true traditional Chinese culture.
Mr. Xie Tian, the deputy CEO of the Epoch Times, a worldwide newspaper, attended the opening ceremony. He said that it was truly a historic trend when one hundred million people tried to follow the principles of Truth, Compassion, Forbearance in an effort to be good people when the social and moral standards were sliding down. He commented that photos could only record what happened at that particular moment, but the spirit of Falun Gong's great compassion and forbearance would live forever.
Righteous Thoughts and Energy Field
A young college student felt a strong energy as soon as he stepped into the exhibit hall. A practitioner went to chat with the student after he had finished looking at all the photos. The practitioner explained why the exhibit was being held. That student put his hands close to one of the photos that showed a Falun and practitioners doing the exercises together and forming characters. He said that he had started to learn qigong when he was in middle school. He felt a strong energy field in the exhibit hall. The exhibit guide told him how she had benefited from practicing Falun Gong and reading the book Zhuan Falun. The student took a lot of informational materials and said that he would read them carefully.
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A Falun Dafa exercise practice site was full of righteous thoughts and energy, which could correct abnormalities. The picture on the left was taken in Singapore in 2000. The picture on the right was taken in New York, also in 2000, when practitioners were practicing the Falun Gong exercises.
Exhibition Visitors Condemned the CCP's Persecution of Falun Gong
Many people gave positive comments after they saw the photos. There was a photo showing the SOS call for urgent help for the Falun Gong practitioners in China, a global activity initiated by practitioners living outside of China in July 2001. When a person learned that it was to help call for an end of the torture and killing of Falun Gong practitioners, he was deeply moved, and was also shocked by the CCP's and former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin's cruelty. He kept asking, "Are there still [Falun Gong practitioners] being killed?"
 Visitors looked closely at the demonstrations of the tortures imposed on Falun Gong practitioners |
 Visitors were concerned about the torture of Falun Gong practitioners |
When many people learned that the police at the Masanjia Forced Labor Camp at Shenyang in Liaoning Province had stripped the clothes off of 18 female practitioners and thrown them into the cells of male criminals, they were very angry and commented, "They are inhumane. They are even worse than animals. Those malicious people should be brought to justice."
 Students came to visit the exhibit |
 Many people visited the exhibit over the weekends and holidays |
More and More People Have Learned the Truth
Three older people came to the exhibit together. Two of them were generals. They stopped by the exhibit after attending other activities nearby. They got very angry when they saw the demonstrations of the tortures that the CCP is imposing on Falun Gong practitioners. They said that they used to be persecuted and deceived by the CCP's hate propaganda. Later, they followed the Nationalist Party of China (Kuomintang) to Taiwan. They encouraged the practitioners to be persistent, and they said that practitioners were bound to succeed.
A businessman from Taiwan, who often does construction business with China and Eastern European countries, saw the exhibit. When he saw the pictures of how the CCP had been persecuting Falun Gong, he said, "The CCP is just like this. You need to question all that their media reports. If their media says that something is bad, that thing could actually be very good. I think the so-called Tiananmen Square Self-Immolation was done by the CCP and was to frame Falun Gong. Tiananmen Square is very big, yet the so-called self-immolation was so clearly recorded. It was obviously made by the CCP to deceive people."
 There were always people stopping by the Materials Help Desk, asking for truth-clarification materials. |
 Children closely watching young Falun Dafa practitioners doing the Falun Dafa meditation exercise |
All of these pictures, whether bright and peaceful or magnificent and compassionate, truly recorded how the Falun Gong practitioners have validated the Fa and how beautiful Falun Gong is. The exhibit will be shown in all Taiwanese provinces and nearby islands.
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