“It was incredible,” said Mrs. Morley, adding that their eyes were opened “to the beauty and how spiritual their background and history was.”
“It was breathtaking,” said Ms. Johnson. “Beautiful color and just amazing talent from each of the performers.”
“I was very impressed and very excited to learn more about the culture of China, pre-communism,” said Mr. Morley. “You know, I think it’s something that we don’t know a lot about, and for me to learn about that, I think, made me want to learn more. It piqued my curiosity, and I want to learn more about China.”
“There’s a lot of things that are kind of hidden because of the communism,” he said. “I love the mission of Shen Yun because it’s helping us to learn more about the real, long, and meaningful history of China.”
Shen Yun, however, reminds the world of the ancient Chinese peoples’ close connection to spirituality. The opening piece of Shen Yuns’ program depicts divine beings following the Creator down to Earth to establish the Chinese civilization.
“We know about the communism in China, [but] we don’t talk about the spiritual part of China as often,” Mr. Morley said. “It makes me feel light, you know. I don’t know how else to explain it other than that, but I feel lighter. I feel more hopeful, and I appreciate China more because of Shen Yun.”
“I think Shen Yun was trying to tell us that we all have a divine purpose,” he said. “We all have a purpose here on earth. We all have our own mission, and we are divine. We’re divine people and divine beings. And that’s not just in the culture in the Western world but also in the Eastern world, and we don’t think about that all the time as Westerners.”
“I would say you should definitely come,” said Mr. Morley. “I definitely want to come every year.”
