Deputy Mayor of Taoyuan Moved by Shen Yun

TAOYUAN, Taiwan—Deputy Mayor of Taoyuan, Lu Chaofu, attended Shen Yun Performing Arts International Company’s third of five shows staged at the Performance Hall Performance Centre in Taoyuan City on Sunday evening, March 13.

Based in New York, Shen Yun presents colorful and exhilarating performances of classical Chinese dance and music with the explicit mission of reviving ancient China’s divinely-inspired heritage that the city’s government official understood from the opening curtain.

“Everything we do is watched by gods. Heaven records everything,” he said, referring to the first dance scene, When Kings Followed the Creator to the Earth.

“Seeing Shen Yun helps us understand the traditional Chinese culture," he added.

In the first dance, the Creator invites divine beings from different realms to follow him to earth where together they will serve as kings of all nations and establish cultures throughout the world, the program book says.

Mr. Lu also said he was moved that Shen Yun had reached such a high level of performance in only five years and he was amazed by the backdrops being in perfect harmony with the artists on stage.

“There were the realms of gods, the Tang dynasty, and the Qin Dynasty in the performance,” Mr. Lu said, “The interactions of the time and space moved us deeply.”

Reporting by Chung Yuan.

New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts has three touring companies that perform simultaneously around the world. For more information, visit ShenYunPerformingArts.org