(Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioners in Taichung gather each month at the Taichung City Hall Square to promote the many benefits of Falun Gong to the public. The sight of so many people doing the exercises in unison, and the soothing, relaxing exercise music always attracts the attention of passersby.

Taichung practitioners met this month at City Hall Square on December 14, 2019, demonstrated the exercises and took a group photo to wish Master Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong, a happy New Year.

Falun Gong practitioners wish Mr. Li Hongzhi a Happy New Year

Falun Gong practitioners exercise at City Hall Square

Many passersby photographed and recorded the peaceful, unique scene of so many practitioners exercising together. Some tried to learn the exercises.

Practitioners spoke with people about the ongoing persecution of the practice in China, and many people wanted to show their support for the practitioners by signing a petition demanding an end to the 20-year-long persecution and bring former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin to justice.

Passersby sign a petition to support lawsuits against former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin.

A practitioner handed Mr. Dai and his family some Falun Gong fliers. Mr. Dai said, “Falun Gong is a good practice and there are people all around the world learning it.”

Mr. Dai said that he hoped the persecution would end so that the practitioners in China could have the protection of religious freedom.

Some of the practitioners shared their experiences:

Years of Depression Gone

Elementary school teacher Shuzhen

Shuzhen is an elementary school teacher who had been battling depression for more than three years before she learned about Falun Gong. She remembers often feeling dizzy and always being terribly anxious about having to interact with her students' parents.

Shuzhen’s older sister had been worried about her. She told her about a school principal who had gone from being too sick to walk to becoming totally healthy and winning the best-teacher award, because of practicing Falun Gong.

Shuzhen decided to give Falun Gong a try and found that after learning the practice she was able to gain inner peace. Slowly and naturally, her depression faded away without her seeking any other forms of intervention.

For the past 14 years Shezhen, has been completely healthy. Her family witnessed her miraculous transformation and became Falun Gong practitioners too.

Shuzhen also wanted her students to know about Falun Gong, so she decided to incorporate the principles of Falun Gong, “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance” into her teaching. Her students have become more focused in class and their behavior has also become more virtuous.

Finding Courage, Wisdom, and the Way Home

Mr. Jiang Chaofu and wife Ms. Yin Zhonghui

Ms. Yin Zhonghui has been a practitioner for 11 years. She remembers having questions about the meaning of life when she was younger. She also remembers getting herself involved in different religions and beliefs and found that none of them fully answered her questions until she found Falun Gong in 2008.

A friend brought her a copy of the main book of Falun Gong, Zhuan Falun. As soon as she read the book, she knew that it was what she had always wanted. She felt an inner freedom and knew how to think positively. She found that she has more wisdom to cope with life's frustrations and tribulations. “Falun Gong (also called Falun Dafa) brings me courage, wisdom, and, in the face of tribulations, strength,” she said.

Her husband Mr. Jiang Chaofu is also a practitioner. He said the day he read Zhuan Falun was the day he made up his mind to become a practitioner. “I found the path home,” he said.

He also remembers that the first time he did the exercises, he felt his health had greatly improved, just like it said in the Falun Gong teachings. Through following the principles in the teachings, “I now know how to be a good person,” he said.

Change of Mind

Mr. Yang Zhongxun and his family have all benefited from practicing Falun Gong.

Mr. Yang Zhongxun works at a fire extinguisher system engineering factory. He remembers starting to practice Falun Gong in 2011 and shedding tears whenever he read Zhuan Falun. He found that everything he read in the book seemed to be talking directly about his life. During that time, he was in a lawsuit because his client had refused to pay his fees. His client’s lawyers were trying to slander him and make it look like everything was his fault. The day Mr. Yang finished reading Zhuan Falun, he realized that perhaps the situation was caused by a karmic debt that he had to repay, so he decided to withdraw the lawsuit.

The next time he went to court, Mr. Yang discussed his thoughts about the case based on what he had learned in Zhuan Falun, and he looked at things from his client’s perspective. The judge was so moved that he intervened when Mr. Yang's client’s lawyers tried to continue slandering him.