TAIPEI, Taiwan—In a scene impossible to replicate in today’s China, practitioners of Falun Gong arranged themselves in vibrant rows of color to form a giant image at Taipei’s iconic Liberty Square on Oct. 17.
About 5,000 practitioners from Taiwan and elsewhere formed the image, with the two traditional Chinese characters Da Fa—meaning “Great Law” or “Great Way”—at its center. Beneath the Chinese characters was a lotus flower, while yellow bands extending above them represented rays of light.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual discipline with gentle exercises and meditation based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. First introduced to the public in China in 1992, the practice quickly spread by word of mouth to reach an estimated 70 million to 100 million practitioners by 1999….
Thousands in Taiwan Stage Visual Tribute to Faith Persecuted in China
