Celebrating New Year With Greetings to Founder of Falun Gong

Chinese from China, Canada and the United States send greeting cards to wish the founder of Falun Dafa a Happy New Year.
Celebrating New Year With Greetings to Founder of Falun Gong
A New Year’s greeting card depicting a lotus flower sent by Falun Gong practitioners in China's Jilin province to the founder of the spiritual practice. Minghui.org
Frank Fang
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In China and around the world, tens of thousands of Chinese have observed the New Year by sending digital greeting cards to Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of the spiritual practice of Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa. While addressed to Mr. Li, the cards, beautifully displayed on the Falun Gong website Minghui.org, also send a message to Beijing.

The sending of these cards has become an annual event. They typically express appreciation and gratitude to Mr. Li, addressed as “Master,” a title of reverence for a teacher in traditional Chinese culture.

Over 16 years ago, the odds did not seem to favor this joyful custom taking hold. The Chinese regime launched a campaign to eradicate Falun Gong, which the regime’s leader, Jiang Zemin, expected to take three months.

At the time, an estimated 100 million Chinese were practicing Falun Gong, whose adherents perform gentle exercises and live according to the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.

The flood of colorful greetings from China is evidence the campaign against Falun Gong has failed. The cards come from all walks of life, and from all regions of China.

A New Year's greeting card drawn by children practicing Falun Gong in Hengshui City, Hebei Province. It reads "Happy New Year Master."
A New Year's greeting card drawn by children practicing Falun Gong in Hengshui City, Hebei Province. It reads "Happy New Year Master."
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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