BUSAN, South Korea—Several South Korean elites said they saw a great China in Shen Yun Performing Arts and they resonated with the values the performance delivered after attending Shen Yun at the Sohyang Theatre in Busan on Feb. 3.
He then showed The Epoch Times a sentence “truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance are fantastic!” in the Chinese language, which he wrote right after the performance. For historical reasons, many Korean people can read and write Chinese.
“The costumes, backdrop, choreography, and dancers are all excellent. You can’t see this in South Korea in general,” he said. “The color schemes of the backdrop and the costumes are brilliant. The saturations are like something from a dream or illusion.”
Mr. Koo said the dancers and soloists had extremely high technical skills and were impressive, but he enjoyed, even more, the Chinese history and traditional values that Shen Yun showed.
“I have been to China’s Tai Mountain in Shandong province, the Emei Mountain in Sichuan province, and Changbai Mountain in Jilin province,” he said. “Shen Yun presented beautiful scenes of China’s lands, as well as the heavenly world, which is shining and magnificent.”
The performance gave him spiritual encouragement as well.
Mr. Koo said there was one program in Shen Yun that told the story of the Buddha saving human beings.
“I’m a Buddhist. I saw the contents related to Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism in Shen Yun. I think it’s better for people to have faith and be in a religion. Faith always brings people positive influences,” he said.
Mr. Koo recommended anybody who hasn’t watched Shen Yun to attend as soon as possible.
‘We Should Not Forget Our Willingness to Go Back to Paradise’
“Shen Yun shares a great part of the Chinese culture with the world,” said Mr. Choi Woo-won, the president of the Asiatic Philosophical Society. “Shen Yun uses artistic performances to deliver information that the materialism that the Chinese Communist Party promoted is a wrong philosophy.”Mr. Choi used to be a philosophy professor at Pusan National University. He understood that Shen Yun wanted to tell people that divine beings do exist.
“I learned from Shen Yun that we should not forget our willingness to go back to paradise, even when we face evil things. The way to go back is by following the guidance of divine beings,” he said.
‘Mesmerized by Shen Yun Music’
Ms. Doh Jin-kyung is the representative of El Salvadoran Honorary Consulate and a flute virtuoso. She was impressed by Shen Yun’s music.“The show is majestic! It was pure goodness and beauty. I was very touched,” she said. “The live orchestra is outstanding.”
Ms. Doh said the orchestra has a unique character and was mesmerizing. She thought the reason for this was the harmonious cooperation between the Western and Eastern instruments.
“The music is so pleasant to my ears. I’m very touched. It still reverberates in my mind now,” she said. “The music is marvelous. They cooperated with the dances perfectly.”
Ms. Doh said she loved Shen Yun and would be recommending it to others.
