UK: Promoting Falun Gong in Leeds City Centre

On the 29th of February, in a square in the city of Leeds, a few Falun Gong practitioners organized an activity to promote Falun Gong. The weather was warm for the time of year and there were a lot of passers-by. Some practitioners demonstrated the gentle, flowing exercises and other practitioners distributed materials which documented the persecution of Falun Gong and explained about the practice. People watched the exercise demonstrations with interest and asked for information about the exercise practice sites. Lots of Chinese people took materials and young children joined in with the exercise demonstrations. The atmosphere was very warm and serene.

An old English lady had been watching us for a long time. She came over to us and said, “I’ll give you a suggestion - when it’s the Queen’s birthday in April, you can give her the exercise video and truth materials as her present.” This kind suggestion touched the practitioners. A mother was also asking us about the exercises and was asking her son, “Do you really want to learn this?” The child said very seriously, “Mum, I am very interested in this.” The child, no older than six or seven, approached a practitioner shyly and asked, “Can I have a leaflet? I want to give it to my mother.”

A Chinese person was also very excited when he saw us and said, “I’ve already watched the Video-CD. When I first came to England, I misunderstood about Falun Gong but after I watched the VCD I felt surprised and was shocked, especially when I saw westerners shouting Falun Dafa Hao!” (Falun Gong is good) in Tiananmen Square. I started thinking about who is speaking the truth.” He was also informed us that when we phone back to China we have to be careful because our phones could be tapped. When he left he took ten VCDs with him and said he will give them to his friends.

The day passed quickly. The activity helped many more people to know more about Falun Dafa and also explained the real facts to people who have been deceived by the lies. Spring will come, and more and more people will realize the goodness Dafa has brought them.