The stories of validating Dafa by Dafa practitioners shock heaven and earth, and move ghosts and supernatural beings to weep. The noble spirit and loyal soul of the dead encourages fellow practitioners to step out of everyday people's selfishness, cowardice, and attachments, and join the mighty torrent of validating Dafa one after another.
From July 20, 1999 to November 2000, 15 Dafa practitioners were persecuted to death in Weifang City, Shandong Province. The oldest one was Wang Peisheng, 68 years old, and the youngest one was Li Shoukai, 11 years old (left home alone since parents were forced to flee, was looked after by nobody, and was eventually killed in a car accident). The first were Zhou Chunmei and Sun Xiaobai, mother and daughter, facing evil's intimidation, who showed everyday people calmly with their lives that guarding the universal principle is more important than life. Then Chen Zixiu, Li Huixi, Wang Peisheng, Liu Zongqiang, Ma Yanfang, Wang Wuke, Zhang Zhiyou, Xun Chengxi, Wang Zuoying, Li Shoukai, Yang Guizhen, Wang Yixin, and Meng Qingxi were persecuted to death by police or local officials. They validated Dafa with their lives, which shocks people and makes them think deeply! Among them, the 61-year-old Xuan Chengxi stopped the evil's search for the source of materials telling the truth of Dafa with his own body, allowed other practitioners escape from death, and let materials telling the truth of Dafa continuously be available to people. Dafa gives practitioners a compassionate mind and persevering strength. A Dafa particle contains boundless and astonishingly tenacious endurance, making people think deeply!
Ms. Jing grew up in an armyman's family with an easy and comfortable life. In May 2000, she went to Beijing by walking more than 1000 Li (310 miles) in 18 days. All she wanted to say was: "Falun Dafa is good". Her action shocked her family as if a bomb had been dropped. Her husband was annoyed because she violated government orders to not appeal to Beijing. With lots of pressure from the government, he brought a divorce statement with him when he met his wife who was escorted back. Looking at her, he could not take the letter out of his pocket. Her face was well tanned by sunshine but still looked youthful. Her feet flowed out pus and her toes were cut from the long walk. Staring at her blankly, he said gently: "Put on a straw hat when going to Beijing next time." He told his good friends that he was surprised that his wife, pampered since childhood, walked to Beijing to appeal for Falun Dafa. The inspiring power of Falun Dafa and her fearless and astonishing endurance have made him look closely at Dafa practitioners and think deeply again.
Wei Dehui, a handicapped women over 50 years old, broke a government blockade in July 1999 and went to Beijing to appeal by bicycle and with a single hand (the other one is handicapped) because the railway station and all main roads were blocked. She rode nearly 2000 Li (620 miles) along small roads beside the railway within 8 days. It was during the hot summer. The top layer of skin on her arms and back had come off and raw flesh showed through after she traveled day and night for two days. However, she had her mind set upon arriving to Beijing faster to tell leaders of the Central Government her true experience with practicing Falun Dafa. She regained life after practicing Dafa because she was a handicapped person who was spiritually and physically collapsing. Arriving at Jinan Yellow River Bridge, she saw from far away that there were lots of police standing at the bridge's entrance. She inquired of some old people nearby whether there was another road to pass through the big bridge. The few old people did not reply immediately. Staring at her bare red flesh with blood coming out, they asked: "Tell us where you are going?" Her tears gushed out as she said with sobs: "Uncle, to tell you frankly, I am a Falun Gong practitioner. I am going to Beijing to appeal." One of the old people pulled her and said: "Look at those people, they are there to arrest Falun Gong practitioners. Follow me." He brought her to a small restaurant nearby and ordered several dishes. He encouraged her to eat and said: "Eat as much as possible, there is a long way to go." Under the urging of the old man, she ate until she could not bend over. The old man helped her pass through the Yellow River. Parting with the old man and going on the road again, she understood that she had eaten a meal to last for the next two days. In the following two days, the road was bumpy and there were no people living nearby. Then both bike tires went flat. She said to Master Li: "Master, I will go to Beijing even if I have to ride two iron wheels." She rode the bike with two flat tires for 80 Li (25 miles) on bumpy roads. The temperature was near 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), and burned her skin painfully. She lay down in the short jujube clump in the roadside and fell asleep. When she woke up, there was a cool wind and mist hovering. She wondered where the mist came from on such a hot day. She climbed out of the jujube clump and saw that the earth was still scorching and that only the small area she slept was covered by mist. Her tears gushed out, as she knew that Master Li was guarding her. In the evening of the sixth day, she entered into an inn with her bike. The guard of the inn was shocked when he saw her haggered face, and he could not speak a word for a while. He brought her into a room where she fell asleep. She woke up at midnight and heard someone walking outside. She then knew it was unsafe to stay there. The front door was locked and the guard told her: "You can not leave. Earlier I found that something was wrong with you. My supervisor asked me to keep watch on you." She said to him: "I am not a bad person. I am a Falun Dafa practitioner." He said: "Falun Dafa? Is it broadcast everyday on TV." She said: "All those broadcasts deceive people. Think about it, I am handicapped. I am going to Beijing by bike with a single hand for nearly 2000 Li. All what I want to do is to speak a just word for Dafa and Master Li. Why? Because Dafa rescued me, how can I hide my conscience, keep silent, and let Dafa and Master Li be slandered?"
She described her experience of practicing Dafa and going to Beijing. The guard opened the gate while wiping his tears and said: "Go ahead. I will take care of the rest." In such a way, she traveled for 2000 Li, day and night, for 8 days by overcoming many difficulties and arrived at Beijing. She began her two-month's validation of Dafa in Beijing. She was arrested after 2 months and escorted back to Weifang City.
On New Year's Day 2000, she participated in the collective practice in Weicheng District, Weifang City. She was arrested and detained in Zhuangzhongyuan No.1, Chengguan District. She was beaten cruelly. She was witness to the beating death of Dafa practitioner Chen Zixiu.
Later she went to Beijing several times to validate Dafa. In November 2000 Weicheng police sentenced her to forced labor in Jinan City, Shandong Province.
December 26, 2000