On April 30, Chinese traditional painting artist Zhang Cuiying from Australia held her second personal painting exhibition in Cork City, the second largest city in Ireland. It was Mrs. Zhang's fourth trip to Ireland. Irish media had extensively reported her ordeals in China. Mrs. Zhang will hold her third painting exhibition in Ireland at Dublin City University on May 1, 2002.

Practitioners demonstrating Dafa exerciseZhao Ming explaining to junior high school studentsStudents listening attentively
Practitioners taking a group photoZhao Ming introducing Chinese traditional paintingsZhang Cuiying and Zhao Ming

The first group of visitors to see the painting exhibition were students from a local junior high school. It was their first time seeing traditional Chinese art. Mrs. Zhang's extraordinary painting skill and practitioners' serenity and compassion made students feel very happy. They looked through every painting attentively. Practitioners demonstrated Dafa exercises for the students. Mrs. Zhang introduced Chinese paintings and her experience of imprisonment in China for appealing for Falun Gong. Zhao Ming explained to the students the relationship of art and moral standard as well as the significance of cultivation and upgrading Xinxing as a cultivator.

Several reporters from local newspaper interviewed Zhao Ming and Zhang Cuiying. Their experiences of being brutally persecuted by Jiang regime simply because of their belief in Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance touched the hearts of reporters and visitors. The kind people not only appreciated the beauty of Chinese painting, more importantly they got chances to know Dafa.