PASADENA, Calif.—To Chinese immigrant Ms. Liang, watching the Divine Performing Arts (DPA) feels like a holiday in and of itself. She said because of that reason, she goes to see DPA perform every year.
Ms. Liang, an accountant, described feeling a sense of wholeness and harmony after watching the Jan. 3 performance in Pasadena. She said, “My spirit felt purified, and I forgot about the complications of this world. I felt harmonious and didn’t think of anything.”
Ms. Liang said that the world is filled with many temptations and endless pursuits, but once she feels harmonious, she realizes that the world is still good and feels whole. “It was very enjoyable. I long to feel like this everyday,” she added.
She said that as soon as the curtains rose, she was moved and in awe. “It was really beautiful, but the word ‘beauty’ can’t completely express how I felt. [I felt] awe, a sense of awe that arose from my heart,” explained Ms. Liang.
Ms. Liang described feeling especially moved when she saw “The Five Millennia Begin.” She said that she realized that was the real culture of China’s 5,000 years. Previously, she had only known a little bit about Chinese culture through reading classical Chinese works and poems as a child.
According to Ms. Liang, she has never practiced Falun Gong before, but the performances depicting the persecuted Falun Gong followers going to heaven after they are tortured to death really moved her. She said, “There are beautiful things in [these performances]. I felt very moved. I don’t know why, but I even cried.”
She continued to say, “Everyone is entitled to his or her own beliefs. Beliefs are good things. They can restrain people from doing bad deeds.”
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