(Minghui.org) The new year is fast approaching! Falun Gong practitioners and others around the world have a tradition of sending New Year's greetings to Falun Gong founder, Master Li Hongzhi. The greetings number in the thousands.

The vast majority of Falun Gong practitioners are from Mainland China, and so too are the bulk of the greetings. Such a public outpouring of respect and gratitude is rare in the Western world, and is a truly remarkable phenomenon.

The sheer volume of greetings bears witness to the high esteem in which Master Li Hongzhi is held; to the majesty of Falun Dafa; and also to the remarkable resilience Falun Dafa and Falun Dafa practitioners have demonstrated, even after having endured over fifteen years of persecution at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party. 

Minghui will publish many of the greetings received over the course of the next several days. We invite you to take a look at some or all of the greetings articles. You'll find an abundance of color and traditional Chinese culture as people around the world celebrate the New Year and pay tribute to Master Li Hongzhi.