(Minghui.org) The Minghui Editorial Board wishes all readers a happy Chinese New Year!
As of 1 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on February 7 (last day of Lunar Year 2015), Minghui has received a total of 15,033 greeting cards for this occasion. More are expected to arrive in the next few days. Minghui has been publishing these cards since February 3 and will continue to do so.
A large number of greetings were received in recent years: 18,940 in 2015; 19,856 in 2014; 23,065 in 2013; 14,344 in 2012; 14,028 in 2011; and 11,007 in 2010. These practitioners, after experiencing spiritual, physical, and mental benefits from Falun Dafa, express their gratitude and wish the founder of Falun Dafa, Mr. Li Hongzhi, a happy new year.
Most of these cards came from mainland China, where tens of millions of practitioners remain determined in their belief in Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance, despite facing severe persecution for their faith over the past 17 years.
As we can see from the following cards, the Chinese communist regime's propaganda cannot cover up the truth, and its totalitarian violence fails to suppress righteous faith. Deep from these practitioners' hearts, the voice of “Falun Dafa is good” has transcended the suppression and crossed oceans.
Text in Chinese, “Wishing Revered Master Happy Yew Year!From all Falun Dafa practitioners in New YorkFirst Day of the First Lunar Month, Year of the Monkey”
Greetings from practitioners in Vancouver, Canada
Greetings from practitioners in the United Kingdom
Greetings from Toronto: “Respectfully Wishing Revered Master Happy New Year!”
Greetings from Falun Dafa practitioners in Los Angeles, California. The banner in the center reads, “Falun Dafa is good.”
Practitioners from Washington, D.C.: “Happy New Year, Master Li!”
Greetings from Falun Dafa practitioners in China
Greetings from overseas practitioners
Greetings from practitioners in China
Practitioners in China: “At the beginning of a new year, we sincerely thank Master and wish you Happy New Year! In this coming year, we will be more diligent and fulfill our prehistorical vow.”
Greetings from practitioners in China
“Wishing Master Happy New Year, from citizens in China.”
From a new practitioner in Kaijiang County, Sichuan Province
Greetings from practitioners in Changchun City, Jilin Province
From practitioners in Heilongjiang Province: “Wishing Master Happy New Year! We miss you very much.”
From Shengli Oil Field, Shandong Province. The Chinese character for “fish” has the same pronunciation as that for “surplus” and represents prosperity.
Greetings from Falun Dafa practitioners in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province. The red-crowned crane is often associated with longevity and the divine in Chinese culture.
From practitioners in Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. Words in the basket are, “Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good”
Greetings from Falun Dafa practitioners in China
Greetings from Falun Dafa practitioners in China. A full moon often implies reunion or longing for a reunion.
Greetings from Falun Dafa practitioners in China. In Chinese culture, the phoenix is often associated with blessings, immortality, and the divine.