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“It’s an amazing display of Chinese culture and spiritual energy,” he said. “I feel that there is a lot of meaning from this show, and more people in the U.S. should be seeing it, to understand what is going on in China.”
Mr. Wynn works on political asylum cases for victims of persecution around the world, and the show took on a special meaning for him with a performance depicting the persecution of Falun Gong in China.
According to the program, in Nothing Can Block the Divine Path, a mother and daughter who are doing the Falun Dafa exercises in a park are discovered by police. The police carry out orders to arrest and break the will of anyone who practices Falun Gong, and like millions of others in real life, they are brutalized. The mother is dragged to a detention center where she pays the ultimate price for trying to protect her daughter. This tragedy does not go unnoticed, however, as the heavens are watching.
“It was a very stirring, graphic display of what happens in China,” said Mr. Wynn. “The suppression of religious freedom … that stood out for me.”
He said he was concerned about the human rights situation in China, and particularly of fellow attorneys who are persecuted for doing their jobs.
“It’s a shame that attorneys who are trying to protect human rights are being persecuted themselves in China,” he said.
Shen Yun’s mission is to revive the true, five-millennium-old artistic tradition of China that thrived before decades of suppression by the Chinese communist state. The company seeks to breathe new life into traditional Chinese culture and the contrast to modern day China is apparent.
Shen Yun gave Mr. Wynn insight into the great spiritual expression of ancient China, as well as the many ethnic groups in the mainland.
“It’s a very great spiritual show,” he said.
Shen Yun Performing Arts Touring Company celebrated the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Sunday. Shen Yun will perform three more shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York on Saturday Feb. 20 through Sunday Feb. 21.
For more information, please visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org
