DAEGU, South Korea—Mr. Moon Moo-Hag, a doctor of literature who is currently the President of the Federation of Artistic Cultural Organizations of Daegu Metropolitan City, Korea, attended Shen Yun Performing Arts Touring Company’s third performance in Daegu’s Suseong Artpia on the evening of April 6.
After seeing the performance, Mr. Moon expressed that Chinese culture is the core of the Oriental culture, and he felt the greatness of Chinese culture through Shen Yun.
“In terms of a great art, it must be an accumulation of a long history. I think it (Shen Yun) has this kind of characteristics. It enables us to see the synchronization of high-tech and classical Chinese culture in the society,” Mr. Moon said, referring to the use of state-of-the art animated backdrops in the performance.
He added, “We often try to use human wisdom to help develop the society; however, it (Shen Yun) made me further understand (the power of) nature and other unimaginable things. I was deeply touched.”
Moved by the divinely inspired Chinese culture demonstrated by Shen Yun, Mr. Moon commented, “What Shen Yun presented is the divinely inspired culture. In modern society full of Western culture, (People) have started to be interested in Oriental culture because of the divinely inspired culture.
“In this world, in addition to human beings, there are something else that is part of the world and part of the culture. This is what I enlightened to through the performances. In the meantime, I also found that Shen Yun showcases the spirit of harmonization between heaven and nature as well as the spirit of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.”
There were many pieces in the performance that particularly stood out for Mr. Moon.
“The story about the Shaolin Temple (When Shaolin Monks Protected the Emperor) was very interesting; the Tibetan dance (Dancing for the Gods) was fantastic; the Mongolian program (Mongolian Bowl Dance) was very touching. These programs made me feel the greatness of nature,” said Moon Moo-Hag.
“There were many magnificent programs in the second half of the performance. Especially, the program with heavenly beauties scattering flowers (Sewing the Flowers of Heaven) was very beautiful. The connotations of this program were remarkable, as I felt that it implied the spirit that we should further respect nature. This is very fantastic.”
Mr. Moon expressed that the spiritual and cultural values demonstrated by Shen Yun would have a significant impact on China, saying, “(The world’s) focus has shifted to the Orient, and Oriental values have been emphasized gradually. In fact, Chinese culture is the core of the Oriental culture. From it (Shen Yun performance), I felt the greatness of Chinese culture.”
