(Clearwisdom.net) On July 25, 2004, Falun Gong practitioners in Hualian, Taiwan held activities to study the Fa and introduce Falun Dafa at Zhiqiang National Middle School and Zhongliu Park in Hualian County to commemorate fellow practitioners in China who have lost their lives in the persecution.
  Practicing the exercises as a group |
  The old and the young practice together |
  An older man watches the exercises while listening to a practitioner to clarify the truth |
  Heshi to commemorate Falun Gong practitioners who have died as a result of the persecution in China |
  Sending forth righteous thoughts |
  Sending forth righteous thoughts |
On the morning of July 25, 2004, practitioners in Hualian held a group Fa study and experience sharing activity at Zhiqiang National Middle School. After studying the Fa, practitioners began sharing their cultivation experiences. A practitioner talked about his changes after practicing Falun Gong, from taking medicine all the time to being perfectly healthy. He said he very much enjoyed practicing the exercises with others at the practice site. Another practitioner shared the positive changes in his character, from originally being hot-tempered to no longer quarreling with his wife. A practitioner named Huang is a businessman. He said customers' attitudes would always affect him, and when encountering conflicts, he didn't maintain a kind and peaceful mind. He said he would improve his character. A practitioner named Zhang shared his experience of making phone calls to people in China to clarify the truth about Falun Gong. People in China are misled by propaganda and misunderstand Falun Gong. After the practitioner explained to them the facts of Falun Gong, many people felt shocked and asked what help they could offer. Through the group Fa study and experience sharing, practitioners felt that they benefited a lot, and encouraged each other to do well in the three things: studying the Fa, sending forth righteous thoughts and clarifying the truth, so they would all walk well on the path of Fa-rectification.
In the afternoon, practitioners went to Zhongliu Park to practice the exercises and hold a commemorative activity for the practitioners persecuted in China. Falun Dafa has been spread around the world for twelve years, and there are more than 100 million practitioners in over 60 countries and regions. Falun Gong has also been honored with over 1,000 proclamations and awards. However, since July 20, 1999, brutal suppression and persecution in China has caused the torture deaths of 1,014 practitioners who persisted in their belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance, including elderly people and children. Practitioners in Hualian held this special activity to commemorate these courageous people who remained fearless while facing violence, and who dared to speak the truth.
People in Taiwan can freely practice Falun Dafa, while in Mainland China, practicing Falun Dafa can result in illegal detention, and even death due to torture. What a big difference! Practitioners in Hualian strongly condemned the Jiang faction's persecution of Falun Dafa and called for an immediate end to the persecution. The day's activities concluded after sending forth righteous thoughts.
