The Number of Falun Gong Practitioners in a Village Increases Seven-fold Since the Persecution Began

Eight out of ten families practise Falun Gong in a small village in Hebei Province. From the little children to the elderly, everyone knows that Falun Gong is great. One villager used to be well-known for drinking, gambling, beating his wife, and other bad habits. After he started practising Falun Gong, he changed completely. His wife told others, "I would rather go to prison with him than have him quit practising Falun Gong!"

Another incident has had a huge impact among the villagers. A diabetic villager in his fifties was in a terminal condition. The hospital had given up on him, and he was bedridden. When Falun Dafa practitioners visited him to talk to him about Falun Gong and why the persecution is fundamentally wrong, he said, "I can be saved!" Just several months after practising Falun Gong, he regained his health miraculously.

Regardless of the negative propaganda programs on television, the villagers know clearly that there were only about twenty people practising Falun Gong prior to the start of the persecution in 1999, and now the number has increased to over 140.