Freedom Square is a Taipei landmark and popular tourist spot. At 12:10 p.m. on Nov. 27, about six thousand Falun Gong practitioners formed a large golden lotus flower with the words “Truth, Compassion, Forbearance” above it in blue and white and yellow rays of light at the very top—a spectacle when seen from a bird’s eye view.
Much effort was put into preparing the large-scale project. Huang Chunmei, vice chairperson of the Taiwan Falun Dafa Association, said, “Someone had to pre-arrange the formation on the ground, which took two days; workers were also needed to watch over the formation at night in the cold.”
The Challenges of Arranging a Lotus Formation
Wu Qingxiang, who has designed the formation of Chinese characters for Falun Gong practitioners’ activities for many years, said that the lotus formation was a bigger challenge than any design he had done before. He said that each of the twenty lotus petals had a different shape, and there were three layers of petals, making the formation difficult and challenging to create.
Wu Qingxiang is a Falun Gong practitioner. He says that lotus flowers rise from the mud but remain untainted, representing a “holy and noble cultivation realm.”
On Nov. 27, Taiwan residents and foreign tourists, including mainland Chinese, stopped to admire and take photos of the formation.
Mrs. Chen, who took part in the formation, says, “In China, Falun Gong practitioners have to risk their lives to explain about the truth of the persecution and help people understand that Falun Dafa is good.” She said that this event is meaningful partly for the way it encourages and supports Falun Gong practitioners in China.
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