NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.—History serves as a lesson for everyone who is willing to learn from it. Shen Yun Performing Arts is reviving the 5,000 years of Chinese culture that was destroyed by the Chinese Communist Party, but some audience members feel that America is facing the same fate.
“Just as Chinese culture is becoming a loss, America’s culture is becoming a loss. I think we’re all at risk of not remembering what we had and valued before. So it’s an important lesson across cultures,” said Scott Woska, a physician.
“I think it’s very vital. It’s valuable and vital for younger generations to understand what’s happening in China today and to have an appreciation of the lost culture,” Mr. Woska said.Present-day China is already unrecognizable compared to China in the past. When people think of China, very few think of China’s glorious past.
“You don’t associate China with beauty and culture. It’s been destroyed,” said Sharon Woska, Mr. Woska’s wife.
“It’s also inspirational because there’s the whole spiritual aspect of it. A long time ago, we all felt like we were divine beings, and people don’t feel like they are divine beings anymore. Just cattle,” said Mrs. Woska.
Aside from dances depicting the beauty of Chinese culture, Shen Yun also uses dance to tell the state of present-day China.
“Well, it’s very enlightening and bringing a lot of information that we didn’t know or weren’t so aware of,” Mr. Woska said.
“I think people have to know more about the truth about what’s been happening in China with Falun Gong and all the spiritual practitioners they’re being tortured. We don’t know about this in America. And the media should be telling us,” said Mrs. Woska.
