TAINAN, Taiwan—The Divine Performing Arts (DPA) Company came to Taiwan for the first time this season on Feb. 20, and led local business community leaders to praise the show highly.
The director of Tainan City Guo Hospital, Dr. Guo Guoquan, attended the show with his wife, Mrs. Lin Xinxin. They said they especially appreciated the show’s display of reverence for heaven and belief in the divine. Dr. Guo believed the night’s performance was very pure, and that it displayed very high morality. The art-loving couple had praised the show. They enquired whether there were still tickets for the next few shows, because, they said that seeing it only once wasn’t enough.
Dr. Guo is an obstetrician and gynecologist, and has previously been elected as Chairman of the Tainan Medical Association. His wife, Mrs. Lin, was voted Tainan’s role-model mother in 1996. She helped Dr. Guo set up a hospital. Their six sons and one daughter-in-law have all graduated with Ph.D. degrees from Tokyo University and Keio University.
The couple also loves art. Dr. Guo paints, and has been taught by the famous artist Shen Zhezai. Ms. Lin is an excellent pianist.
This was the first time they had seen a DPA show.
Mrs. Lin said: “It was an incredibly solemn feeling, and it was very moving. We also revere Buddha, and we believe people from other religions can also be moved in the same way, because tonight’s performance was unique and very refined.”
About gods and Buddhas being displayed in the performance’s high-tech backdrop, and with regard to the presentation of Buddhas’ paradises through the form of Chinese classical dance, Mrs. Lin declared, “Marvelous, truly marvelous.”
Dr. Guo said the artistic style of the performance was very advanced, at a very high-level, and not something easily achieved. Since he has also been educated in Japan for a long time, he said that the show would also be welcomed in Tokyo, and that the Japanese would be touched as well. Ms. Lin said: “Everywhere it goes, people will be moved.”
Dr. Guo said: “That many people—the group is just too beautiful. No one person stood out, and every single performer was excellent—everyone was a main actor. Groups like this are very rare.”
Mrs. Lin said: “Very beautiful, it’s truly a beautiful realm. Their performance was just right. That is really not simple. It seemed that everyone was so joyful—we were joyful just looking at them. The show is truly worth attending, I am very happy.”
The couple said that they were riveted, and paid close attention during the whole performance for fear of missing any detail. Toward the end, when Guang Guimin sang Let Me Not Regret and All Lives for This Life, they both listened closely, quieting their minds to feel the meaning of the songs.
Mrs. Lin said that the night’s performance displayed compassion, which she said was very appropriate for the current, chaotic modern world. Dr. Guo seemed lost in thought, but then said, “The group is future-oriented and has a great potential.” He then repeated, “The show should be performed in more places.” Mrs. Lin also recommended the show for all ages and all walks of life.
At the end of the interview, Dr. Guo wondered whether there were still tickets for the remaining few shows in Tainan. Mrs. Lin also said that if they have the chance, they'd like to see it a few more times.
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Original in Chinese: http://shenyun.epochtimes.com/b5/9/2/21/n2437395.htm
