Taiwan: Teachers Say the Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance Art Exhibition Inspires Positive Values

Having toured more than forty countries around the world, the Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance International Art Exhibition was opened in the Community Education Hall in Sanchong, Taiwan for ten days starting on September 4th, 2009. The exhibition won high praise from visitors. More than three hundred teachers and students from five schools visited the exhibition on September 8th.

Teachers and students visit the art exhibition	Teachers and students visit the art exhibition

The Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance International Art Exhibition includes forty-eight pieces of artwork created by more than ten Falun Dafa artists. The powerful pieces created with superb realistic technique received acclaim in Taiwan and around the world.

Ms. Zhang is an elementary school teacher. She feels she had a predestined relationship with Falun Gong. She had seen Falun Gong practitioners patiently teach children how to do Falun Gong exercises. Upon hearing about the art exhibition, she decided right away she would take her students to see the artwork of Truthfulness-Compassion-Tolerance.

Ms. Zhang was very touched by every piece. She had heard about the CCP's persecution of Falun Gong on TV. She couldn't understand why the CCP would persecute a peaceful practice that promotes health and morality. She praised the exhibition for bringing awareness of Falun Gong and for practitioners' steadfastness in their faith despite persecution. It was very helpful to children. She tried the Falun Gong exercises and felt great. She hopes more will learn about Falun Gong and that the persecution will end soon.

A second-grader said Falun Gong made people healthy. She and her mother would do Falun Gong exercises together at home. She said it also teaches her that she should be well-behaved and be nice to her brother and sister. Other children were also inspired to be better behaved.

Art teacher Ms. Lin said she would like to see her students learn about the inner meaning and the stories in the artwork. She praised the artwork for the superb skill and combination of reality with imagination. One of her friends had introduced Falun Gong to her as early as ten years ago. She only knew about the health-improvement part before, but learned about the cultivation of moral character today. She said she would find out more information about it on the Internet.

Ms. Xu said she had heard about Falun Gong. She could see from the artwork the brutality of the persecution. She admired those who remained steadfast in the face of persecution, as it is not easy to sacrifice one's life for one's faith. She was very saddened by the artwork about the orphan. She wished to do something for the persecuted Falun Gong practitioners. She said she would invite more people to the exhibition to help raise awareness.

A student named Wu was very touched by the painting "A Tragedy in China." She said the persecution was so wrong and hurt so many innocent people. "Everyone should have freedom of belief," she said. "Many people still haven't heard about the persecution. More exhibitions like this are needed so that the voices calling for justice will be louder."