(Clearwisdom.net) China's five-millennia old culture was on stage at the Canberra Theatre Centre to the delight of Dr. Gary Lin, Taiwan's official representative in Australia's capital.

"Oh it is a beautiful performance," said Dr. Lin, on Shen Yun's last show in Canberra. Dr. Lin said this was his fourth time seeing Shen Yun.

Dr. Lin is formerly a student of history, and he appreciated Shen Yun's mission of bringing back pure traditional Chinese culture, saying, "This is why it's good always to see the real genuine Chinese traditional culture."

"Back to history, back to the olden China," He said.

Story-based dance is a trademark of Shen Yun Performing Arts. These stories portray tales from ancient Chinese history to modern times, presenting a message of virtue and morality to the audience.

Two of the story-based dances show the courage of practitioners of the spiritual practice of Falun Dafa. Falun Dafa has faced a brutal persecution under the Chinese communist regime for the last decade, with it still continuing today.

Dr. Lin expressed his thoughts on the problems facing Chinese citizens in modern China.

"We believe in human rights and freedom of belief."

"Because what we need to understand is that as soon as this right is taken away, then it is like the fresh air is gone, so it's not good ... This is why I always support freedom, democracy and human rights."

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http://theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/36045/