Taiwan Falun Dafa Practitioners Meditate in Front of Presidential Palace

Practitioners of the Falun Dafa spiritual discipline in Taiwan held their annual experience sharing conference on Nov 18.

Yellow ribbons are seen tied on trees on the square in front of Taiwan's presidential office, as hundreds of followers of the spiritual movement Falungong hold a sit-in protest in downtown Taipei on July 23, 2012, as part of their efforts to rescue Chung Ting-pang, a Taiwanese man arrested in China. Mandy Cheng/AFP/GettyImage

On Nov. 17, nearly 6,000 Falun Gong practitioners, unhindered by cold temperatures and rain, sat in front of the Presidential Palace to make character formations visible from afar.

Practitioners of the Falun Dafa spiritual discipline in Taiwan held their annual experience sharing conference on Nov 18. On Nov. 17, nearly 6,000 practitioners congregated at the plaza in front of the Presidential Palace for a special event. In four hours, they used 4,704 people to reproduce the Chinese characters of “Fa Zheng Tian Di”–meaning “the law of the universe rectifies heaven and earth”–and the Law Wheel symbol, called “falun,” of the spiritual meditation practice.