Taiwan: Heart-Touching Three-Thousand-Person Group Exercise

It was a sunny, warm day in Chung-Sing Village, Nantou County, Taiwan on December 13th, 2008, when more than three thousand Falun Gong practitioners held a large-scale group exercise practice, and formed the words "Falun Dafa" in English and "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" in Chinese. Falun Gong practitioners, enveloped in golden sunshine, performed the exercises with uniform movements, along with the beautiful music. The peaceful scene attracted both local residents and tourists.

More than three thousand Falun Gong practitioners form the words "Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance" and "Falun Dafa," and perform group exercises in a stadium at Jong-Sing Village, Nantou County

Practitioners showed the beauty of Falun Dafa with their group exercises

Experience sharing at Chung Hsing University on the evening of December 13th

Falun Gong practitioners have held their annual large-scale group exercise in Jong-Sing Village for the past two years. Local residents and police have been very impressed. Jong-Sing Village is a scenic tourist spot that attracts many people at this time of year. The local police branch paid special attention to this event, and the traffic control unit was asked to provide the most assistance possible. The event turned out to be very successful.

Traffic Control Director Mr. Cheng Junxiong said that through his interaction with the Falun Gong group in the past two years, he could tell that Falun Gong practitioners were very self-disciplined and cooperative. Despite the large number of participants, the coordination between the group and the police worked very well. The event was successfully held without any inconvenience for local residents or tourists.

There are about five hundred thousand Falun Gong practitioners in Taiwan. It is the largest group of Falun Gong practitioners outside of China.

Six people in Mr. Zhan Yiyang's family practice Falun Gong. The family left Pingtung early in the morning for the event. Mr. Zhan's six-year-old daughter got up early and woke up her daddy. She started listening to Falun Dafa music and copying exercise movements when she was only ten months old. She quit using a diaper and started meditation when she was one. Her father has been amazed at the miracles of Falun Dafa. Mr. Zhan used to often get drunk and create a disturbance, and he had broken the hearts of his mother and his wife. His mother gave up on him. Miraculously, after he started cultivating himself in Falun Dafa, the Chinese beer he drank suddenly seemed very stinky. He spit it out and quit drinking and smoking from that point on, and has strictly followed the principles of Falun Dafa. A friend of his said that through Mr. Zhan's changes, he could tell that Falun Gong must be great!

Ms. Liu is in her eighties, and started cultivating herself in June. She joins group exercises in Nantou Community Center every day. She said, "If one cultivates himself, he has to do it seriously."

Every Falun Gong practitioner showed big smile in the sun. Many said they didn't feel tired at all, but very peaceful and happy. It was chilly a couple of days prior, but turned out to be a warm day. Though many wore thick blue coats and hats as planned, they didn't feel hot but were very comfortable.

Falun Gong practitioners shared their experience in groups in National Chung Hsing University in the evening.