Hong Kong practitioners lining up to form the three Chinese characters "Dafa is good" at Seashore Park | Practitioners Singing the song "Falun Dafa is good" at Seashore Park |
The morning celebration activities were held at Tsim Sha Tsui Seashore Park. At 9:00 a.m., dozens of female practitioners began lining up to form the Chinese characters for "Dafa is good." Other practitioners stood at two sides of the characters, holding banners reading, "Heaven and Earth Celebrate Together the 10th Anniversary of Falun Dafa's Public Introduction," "Falun Dafa is Good," "The World Needs 'Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance'," and "World Falun Dafa Day." After forming the Chinese characters and practising the exercises, practitioners sang together "Falun Dafa is good."
Parade begins at the fountain in front of Victoria Park | Parading in the street |
The afternoon activities included parade, group practice and an outdoor concert. At 2:00 p.m., about 200 practitioners gathered at the fountain in front of Victoria Park and began the parade. They marched toward Chater Gardens, holding banners, colorful balloons and flowers. Police helped keep the order during the parade. The recent tense atmosphere between the special zone government and petitioners seemed to be relieved in this joyful parade.
An outdoor concert at Chater Gardens |
From 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., practitioners continued their celebration activities at Chater Gardens. Besides group practice and sending forth righteous thoughts at the top of each hour, practitioners held an outdoor concert. With the music instrument Guzheng, Erhu (Chinese traditional music instrument), electronic piano, practitioners played and sang several songs written by Dafa practitioners. At the end of the activities, practitioners wished Teacher a happy birthday. At 7:00 p.m., practitioners sang together "Falun Dafa is good. " The entire day's celebration activities concluded successfully.
Source:
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2002/5/15/22050.html
Chinese version available at http://www.minghui.ca/mh/articles/2002/5/14/30175.html
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