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OSAKA, Japan—On Feb. 18, Divine Performing Arts (DPA) International Company graced the stage of the Umeda Arts Theater in Osaka. Among the enthralled audience was a Chinese lady who flew to Japan from mainland China to watch DPA.
“I came for Divine Performing Arts. I just feel that DPA’s performers are extremely pure. It’s very touching. For example, when they are performing, my tears just started to come out uncontrollably. I think they are very moving and very successful,” said the lady who serves as a civil servent in mainland China.
“I really hope DPA can one day be staged in mainland China. I realized that people in China particularly need to watch this show. Sometimes when I ask youngsters in China, ‘What do you guys believe in? Do you believe in Buddhas? Believe in gods?’ They would say, ‘We don’t believe in anything. We believe in ourselves.’ I think this mentality is very dangerous. If this goes on, society will have no hope.
“In our Chinese divinely-imparted five-millennia-old culture, regardless of what dynasty, from the Yellow Emperor to royal court officials, everybody believed in divine beings. It is perfectly justified. Yet nowadays in mainland China, if you say that you believe in gods or Buddhas, people will make fun of you and say, ‘You are superstitious. You are idealistic.’ So, I think mainland China’s mentality is upside down and distorted. I don’t know how to say this, but if mainland China can have a person like one of these DPA performers, then China would have a lot of hope and would gradually become better.”
This lady was particularly touched by the program Heaven Awaits Us Despite Persecution, telling the story of a father who is persecuted to death by the Chinese Communist Party police for his belief in truthfulness, compassionn, and forbearance, the principles of Falun Dafa, a traditional spiritual discipline.
“A particular program I loved was Heaven Awaits Us Despite Persecution. I believe that the oppression of Falun Dafa exists in mainland China for sure, because around me, I know a few friends who practice it. Their everyday lives are monitored, including eavesdropping of their phone lines, especially on some sensitive days, such as during Olympics and Straits Exchange Foundation. Sometimes they even force the practitioners to write statements, and so on.”
She said that she will continue to fly overseas to watch DPA until the day when DPA comes to China
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of the Divine Performing Arts 2009 World Tour. For more information please visit DivinePerformingArts.org
With reporting by NTD
