(Minghui.org) Falun Dafa practitioners in Pingtung, Taiwan, held a candlelight vigil at Pingtung City Millenium Park on July 16, 2022 to mourn practitioners in China who were persecuted to death by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) due to their steadfast belief in Dafa. Practitioners also called on people in Taiwan to join their efforts to end the 23 year-long persecution.

Falun Dafa practitioners in Pingtung held candles on the night of July 16, 2022 and solemnly commemorated fellow practitioners persecuted to death by the CCP in China.

The event started off with practitioners demonstrating the Falun Dafa exercises, and they also taught the exercises to interested passersby. They clarified the truth about the persecution and called on people to awaken. They hope Taiwanese will sign the petition and show their support to quickly end the persecution.

As the gentle, golden evening settled around Pingtung, practitioners held candles and mourned their fellow practitioners who have been persecuted to death by the CCP in China. Many people who stopped to watch said the Chinese character, “Remembrance” was especially moving.

Practitioners demonstrated the exercises on July 16, 2022.

Every year, practitioners hold “July 20th” activities to call on the world’s people to recognize the CCP’s criminal acts and help end the persecution. More and more people now understand the truth about Falun Dafa.

Residents Voice Their Support

Mr. Xu, who is 86 years old, sat quietly as he watched practitioners demonstrate the exercises. He said that he knew about Falun Dafa long ago. He said, “Falun Dafa is great! Practitioners are all very healthy.” He said that the CCP’s persecution of Falun Dafa is not rational, “It is too cruel. Heaven condemns it!”

Mr. Xu, who is 86 years old, said that the CCP’s persecution of Falun Dafa is too cruel.

Mr. Huang, 82, is the husband of Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Meishu. He is very supportive of her practicing.

Mr. Huang, 82, is the husband of Falun Dafa practitioner Ms. Meishu. He said that his wife began practicing Falun Dafa more than ten years ago. Although he does not practice, he encourages her to read the Fa and practice the exercises. He said, “After she began practicing, she experienced great physical changes. This is only the superficial aspect. In terms of xinxing, in the past, her thoughts and opinions were relatively narrow, but now her capacity has expanded.” He said that he saw “Truthfulness, Compassion, Forbearance and a healthy mind and body,” in his wife. He felt that such a good practice, “Should be promoted all over the world.”

Ms. Meishu said that through studying the Fa and practicing the exercises she learned how to put others before herself and think of others in everything that she does. “Practicing Falun Dafa also improves one’s health. It is also beneficial in all aspects, such as the family too.” She explained that she participates in activities, “To tell people that Falun Dafa is good, Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance are good, and that the CCP’s persecution of Falun Dafa is wrong.”

Hoping That People Can Awaken and End the Persecution

Ms. Shuqing, a retired primary school teacher, has practiced Falun Dafa for 22 years. She said that she was very strict and had high requirements for her students. Her temperament changed after she began practicing Falun Dafa. She was able to use very gentle and very effective methods to guide her students. Because of this she was awarded the Pingtung City’s Top Ten Caring Teachers award.

Retired primary school teacher Ms. Shuqing condemned the CCP’s persecution.

Ms. Shuqing severely condemned the CCP’s egregious persecution. She said the persecution has been going on for 23 years. This is a serious human right violation, yet very few media report on it. Ms. Shuqing felt that this was very unusual.

“I deeply feel that the world’s media has been suppressed. They may have been lured by the CCP’s financial benefits. The methods that the CCP uses to persecute Falun Dafa are so outrageous, but most people still don’t know about it. The media outside China may have been lured by the CCP’s benefits or threatened, to refrain from publishing reports about this matter,” she said.

She pointed out, “Practitioners use the most peaceful methods, making use of whatever conditions we have in society to tell everyone the truth about the persecution of Falun Dafa. I hope that everyone can gather into a strong force, which will gradually enter China so the people there will awaken. A wave against the persecution can be started and the truth about it can be made known to the whole world.”

National Instructor Calls on the Media to Expose the Persecution of Falun Dafa

Mr. Yang is a national level sports instructor and began practicing Falun Dafa seven years ago. He said, “The greatest benefit I received from practicing Falun Dafa is that my temper improved and I am now healthy.” Sports injuries are routine for athletes. After he began practicing Falun Dafa, Mr. Yang persisted in studying the Fa and practicing the exercises every day, rain or shine. His body gradually changed for the better and now he feels very comfortable.

Mr. Yang is a national level sports instructor. He said, “The greatest benefit I received from practicing Falun Dafa is that my temper improved and I am now healthy.”

Having personally experienced Falun Dafa’s amazing ability to resolve illnesses, on this special July 20th day, in addition to mourning those practitioners who have been persecuted to death by the CCP, Mr. Yang also wanted to call out to the media and tell them that they should be concerned about human rights, and cover stories related to the CCP’s persecution of Falun Dafa. They should come together to end the CCP’s persecution.

Background: What Is Falun Dafa and Why Is the CCP Persecuting It?

Falun Dafa (also known as Falun Gong) was first introduced to the public by Mr. Li Hongzhi in Changchun, China, in 1992. The spiritual discipline is now practiced in over 100 countries and regions worldwide. Millions of people who have embraced the teachings, which are based on the principles of Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance, and have learned the five exercises, have experienced improved health and well-being.

Jiang Zemin, former head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), perceived the spiritual discipline’s growing popularity as a threat to the CCP’s atheistic ideology, and on July 20, 1999, he issued an order to eradicate the practice.

Under Jiang’s personal direction, the CCP established the 610 Office, an extralegal security organization with the power to override the police and judicial systems, and whose sole function is to carry out the persecution of Falun Dafa.

Minghui.org has confirmed the deaths of thousands of practitioners as a result of the persecution over the past 23 years. The actual number is believed to be much higher. Countless practitioners have been imprisoned and tortured for their faith.

There is concrete evidence that the CCP sanctions the harvesting of organs from detained practitioners, who are murdered to supply China’s organ transplant industry.