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Shen Yun Inspires People to Look at the True China: Houston Theatergoer

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Shen Yun Inspires People to Look at the True China: Houston Theatergoer
Luis Mendoza (Far left) and his family enjoyed Shen Yun's evening performance at the Jones Hall for the Performing Arts on Dec. 28, 2023. Sally Sun/The Epoch Times
HOUSTON—On Dec. 28, Luis Mendoza arrived at the Jones Hall for the Performing Arts with his family of seven to see Shen Yun Performing Arts. It was the electrical engineer’s first time attending the show and he thought it was a very unique experience.

“[Shen Yun] opened China and its culture to the rest of the world. For me, it was very inspirational. It was about understanding some of the hardships happening in China,” he expressed.

“It’s a sad thing [because China has] a very rich culture full of tradition, ethnicity, love, and most importantly—divine beliefs. That’s very important because, in China today, there is a lot of atheism and a lot of control against religion. I think [Shen Yun] inspires people to look past that and look at what China truly is. It was a very nice event.”

According to its website, the name “Shen Yun” translates into “the beauty of divine beings dancing.”

Based in New York, the artists have made it their mission to revive, through dance and music, China’s 5,000 years of divinely inspired civilization to its pre-communist glory.
Though Shen Yun Performing Arts is well-beloved by audiences around the world, it is currently forbidden by the ruling Chinese regime from performing in China.

Mr. Mendoza thoroughly enjoyed the spiritual element of the performance and thought it’s something people should learn from Shen Yun—to be more in touch with their divinity.

“People should be humbler about where we come from and where we’re going. That’s a theme very relevant for me, that we’re at the end of times. It’s good against evil and we need to be ready to understand what’s going to happen—be prepared for that,” he said.

“Which side of the table do you want to be? Do you want to be on the positive side or the negative side? That’s really the more important thing.”

For Mr. Mendoza, Shen Yun delivered a message of love, compassion, understanding, and the idea that people should return to their core roots.

He was glad to have bought tickets for all seven of his family members because the show opened their eyes not only to traditional Chinese culture but to the world.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re Chinese, American, Mexican, or wherever—we all have the same belief in God or the divine power,” Mr. Mendoza elaborated.

“It’s a matter of opening ourselves up—it’s not just us who believe in a God or a divine power, other cultures and other people around the world [share our experience.] That’s what stood out to me the most from the show.”

Reporting by Sally Sun and Jennifer Tseng.
The Epoch Times is a proud sponsor of Shen Yun Performing Arts. We have covered audience reactions since Shen Yun’s inception in 2006.
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