(Clearwisdom.net) The Lantern Festival is one of the most important festivals in Chinese culture. This year, the Divine Land Marching Band, consisting of 165 Falun Gong practitioners from northern Taiwan, was invited to perform at the Lantern Festival parade in Shulin, Taiwan.

二月四日晚间,近二百位的法轮功学员组成的天国乐团在“树林之美新春嘉年华灯会”踩街活动中盛大演出。

The band in the parade

The parade lasted for two and half hours. Spectators warmly welcomed the band's performances. When host of the parade introduced the Falun Dafa group, he said: “We've never seen such a large group in any event held in Shulin before. We thank the Falun Dafa Divine Land Marching Band for participating in this event.”

法轮功学员组成的仙女队伍深受市民的喜欢,大家争先恐后领取系有小莲花的“法轮大法好”书签

Practitioners dressed as “celestial maidens” distribute hand-made paper lotus flowers

Many people told the organizers of the event that they were impressed by the band's performance. A woman in the crowd asked a practitioner for three paper lotus flowers for her family. She told her husband: “These are from Falun Gong, which is suppressed in mainland China, but is very famous in Taiwan.”

On February 1, the NTDTV Flag and Drum team performed in another Lantern Festival celebration. Practitioners also set up a booth at the celebration, introducing Falun Gong to the public.