(Clearwisdom.net) On the afternoon of June 5 (Sunday) from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Falun Gong practitioners from Keelung City, Taiwan held an anti-torture exhibition in the bustling Aisan Road bus terminal at the center of the city, to clarify the truth to the local residents. The practitioners reenacted the tortures that Falun Gong practitioners are subjected to in Mainland China, so that people could learn the truth about this brutal persecution and work together to help end it. Many people signed their names on a petition to support the effort.
  Waist drum performance |
  People signing their names to the petition in support of Falun Gong |
  Signature collection cloth |
A waist drum team performed, accompanied by the music, "Falun Dafa is Good." The stirring drumbeats marked the beginning of the anti-torture exhibition. The live torture reenactments included the Tiger Bench, piercing the fingers with bamboo sticks, being locked in a small cage and being burned with an electric iron. These represented only a tiny portion of the torture methods used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) against Dafa practitioners, but they were very shocking to the people of Keelung. They found it preposterous that such tortures still exist in the 21st century. Some people read the display boards describing more cruel tortures and listened to the practitioners discussing how this was only the tip of an iceberg and there were over a hundred torture methods being used on Falun Gong practitioners in China. The practitioners explained that some of the tortures were so unspeakable that it was not appropriate to display them in public, but said that people could learn more about the situation by visiting Dafa websites.
  Anti-torture exhibition |
  Torture reenactment: burning with an electric iron |
  Compelling torture reenactment |
Most of the people saw the anti-torture exhibit for the first time and the scene shook their hearts. Many said that the Chinese Communist Party was so cruel and evil. A middle-aged man was in tears and said that the CCP was so ignorant of the law. A woman also wept when she saw the tortures reenacted. She said that she could not imagine how anyone could bear such tortures and said that Falun Gong practitioners' inner strength was so admirable. An elderly gentleman watched the torture reenactment for a long time and finally said, "I have watched for over 20 minutes. These practitioners playing the torture victims have been exposed under the hot sun for such a long time. But they don't move even a little bit. They are so peaceful and serene. A normal person wouldn't be able to bear this."
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Many people gathered to watch the anti-torture exhibition. Someone asked if those were wax figures, real people or models. Some took images with their cell phone cameras so as to show their friends and family members. One university student carrying an expensive camera said he had a personal website, and his blog has thousands of hits daily. He said he would write an article about the anti-torture exhibition and put it on his blog, together with images. Two high school students called their classmates and told them about the Communist Party's inhuman tortures, and asked their friends to come immediately and see for themselves.
  Exercises demonstration |
  Sweet little practitioner |
  Sending forth righteous thoughts |
The exhibition took place near the famous Keelung Harbor, close to the well-known Miaokou Taiwan Snacks and railway station. On Sunday, there were a lot of people, both young and old, passing by the place. The day before the exhibition was the 16th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre (June 4, 1989). Many people still had a vivid memory of the massacre. When they saw that the Chinese Falun Gong practitioners were inhumanly tortured in Mainland China, many people said they knew the Communist Party's evil nature had never changed, and their methods had only become more cruel and brutal. Most people immediately understood the evil nature of the CCP.
Even under six years of brutal persecution, Falun Gong continues to endure and grow. There are still millions of practitioners cultivating Falun Dafa, and Dafa has spread to over 60 countries throughout the world. Many people realized that Falun Gong must have something special, and many people wanted to learn Falun Gong.
The whole afternoon, beautiful Dafa music was playing continuously during the event. Many people were moved. One practitioner who played a victim being tortured said that during the exhibition, her tears kept falling. She felt that the Mainland practitioners were so great, and under such a harsh situation they were still clarifying the truth and saving the sentient being with great compassion, truthfulness and tolerance. Another practitioner who played the role of a wicked policeman also happened to be a real policeman in Taiwan. People asked him how he performed so well. He said, "Policemen in Mainland China who persecute Falun Gong are behaving like criminals. So I just played the role of a thug."
