Falun Gong Parade in DC Looks to China’s Future

The parade called attention to the ongoing persecution of the practice in China, and the mass movement among Chinese people called Tuidang, where individuals are renouncing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations by the thousands everyday.

Supporter John Chang came in from Virginia to support the Falun Gong parade. Shar Adams/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Thousands of Falun Gong practitioners from around the world proudly marched through the nation’s capital on Friday, reminding the world of not only 13 years of persecution in China, but the depth of their conviction in facing such oppression.

Pennsylvania Avenue came alive as row after row of participants, led by the blue-uniformed Celestial Marching Band, marched through downtown D.C. carrying banners, flags, and placards. One section of the parade was made up of women in white dresses, each carrying a flower-wreathed picture of one of the more than 3,400 Falun Gong practitioners killed by China’s communist regime.