Exhibitions and Cultural Events

  • Ukraine: Second "Falun Dafa Around The World" Picture Exhibition Is held at Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky

    A photo exhibition entitled "Falun Dafa Around The World" was held at Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky in Ukraine from January the 23rd to January the 28th 2004. One hundred and twenty pictures were put on display. The picture exhibition was organised by Ukrainian Dafa practitioners, who have benefited greatly from learning Falun Dafa.
  • French TV Report on “Spring Telling” Exhibition Explains the Facts About Falun Gong

    A French TV station recently reported on Falun Gong practitioners' participation in the recent “Spring Telling” Exhibition in France. This provided a chance to clear the good name of Falun Gong and to explain the facts about the nature of Falun Gong and the persecution. This TV report was a significant opportunity to clear out the poisonous lies behind which the Jiang regime has hidden its evil persecution from the conscience of the world's people and the condemnation of the international community.
  • Czech Republic: Zhang Cuiying holds a Successful Exhibition in the Parliament

    Between January the 23rd and January the 27th, Chinese-Australian painter Zhang Cuiying’s art exhibition could be seen inside the Parliament building of the Czech Republic in Prague. Mrs. Zhang, known for both her beautiful traditional Chinese art and her time in a Chinese labour camp after peacefully speaking out against the persecution of the Chinese spiritual practice of Falun Dafa, is currently on a European tour with her paintings. During the tour, she is also bringing attention to the serious human rights violations against Falun Gong practitioners by telling her own story and talking about the harsh situation that many Falun Dafa practitioners are enduring in Mainland China.
  • France: Promoting Falun Gong in Lyon, the Second Largest City in France

    French Falun Dafa practitioners ran a stall in the Lyon “Spring Call” Exhibition last weekend, from February the 20th to the 22nd. Lyon is the second largest city in France. Practitioners had the opportunity to demonstrate the Falun Gong exercises and explain the ongoing persecution in China to approximately forty thousand people who visited the exhibition.
  • Finland: Practitioner’s Artwork and Testimony of Persecution Raise Public Awareness of Falun Gong and Situation in China

    Australian practitioner and artist Zhang Cuiying travelled to Finland to help call on the Finnish people to pay attention to the basic human rights of persecuted Falun Gong practitioners in China. She was imprisoned and tortured by Jiang Zemin’s regime; she used her personal testimony to raise awareness.
  • Successful Chinese Art Exhibition was held during the Stockholm International Conference on “Genocide in the New Era”

    During the International Conference on "Genocide in the New Era", renowned Chinese artist Zhang Cuiying held an exhibition of her paintings in a gallery near the conference venue. Conference participants from Asia, Africa, Latin America and North America visited the exhibition. A Swedish national TV station produced an interesting report on the painting exhibition.
  • Russia Dafa Practitioners Participate in the "2003 Sarov Symposium"

    On December the 10th 2003, International human rights day, the annual “Sarov Symposium” was held in St. Petersburg. Human rights organisations, city congressmen and the media attended the symposium. Representatives of the Russian Falun Dafa Association were also invited to attend and to give a report about Falun Dafa. After learning the facts, those in attendance were “deeply shocked”.
  • Ukraine: Falun Dafa Practitioners Invited to Attend the “Benevolence” Expo in Kiev

    Practitioners demonstrated the exercises daily at the expo and many people learned more about Falun Dafa. Some of the practitioners organised performances such as dances, songs and poems. The management felt that Falun Gong was the most positive group and awarded practitioners with a Prize Certificate.
  • Finland: Successful Exhibition held in Helsinki

    A Falun Dafa photo exhibition was recently held in a library in Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. The exhibition explains how Falun Gong was banned by Jiang Zemin, and how he launched a cruel persecution against its practitioners. The huge contrast between the evilness of the persecution and the beauty and peacefulness of Falun Gong can be seen very clearly.
  • Austria: Dafa Practitioners Again Invited to the Annual Health Expo in Vienna

    The peaceful exercises interested many audience members and some asked how they could learn how to practise. After learning about the persecution, a lot of people signed a petition to rescue Xiong Wei, a German practitioner currently being detained in China. Many people stood in front of the display boards that exposed Jiang’s crimes, for a long time. The horrific torture depicted on the boards formed a sharp contrast to the beauty of the Dafa exercises.
  • Bulgaria: Falun Gong practitioners’ Painting Exhibition is Cancelled due to Pressure from the Chinese Embassy

    Mrs. Snezhina Chipeva MP expressed her astonishment at the cancellation of the painting exhibition under pressure from the Chinese Embassy. She also prepared an enthusiastic speech for the exhibition’s opening ceremony. She believed the cancellation of the exhibition is “interference in Bulgaria’s domestic affairs”. Many members of parliament questioned the Parliament’s Secretary General, and demanded an explanation of this issue. Just as a reporter stated, “The event is not over yet. I feel it will influence Bulgaria’s future. It is very dangerous for a government to place economic interests over human rights.”
  • Bulgaria: Falun Gong Practitioners Successfully Hold a Painting Exhibition

    Last week the Chinese embassy blocked a painting exhibition of Zhang Cuiying, a traditional Chinese artist and Falun Gong practitioner. After this was revealed to the public, many Bulgarian MPs, citizens and journalists condemned the Chinese embassy’s behaviour. With justice on her side, Ms. Zhang’s painting exhibition went ahead successfully.
  • Macedonia: Painting Exhibition is a Great Success

    At the opening ceremony, the secretary of the Artists’ Association introduced the exhibition and a practitioner described Zhang Cuiying and Falun Gong in more detail. Afterwards, practitioners demonstrated the Falun Gong exercises. One of the guests said that she felt so peaceful that she closed her eyes and put her hands in the Jieyin position.
  • Germany: "Zhuan Falun" is Exhibited at the World’s Largest Book Fair

    Among the audience, the most noticeable were tourists and employees from participating companies from China. When they saw “Zhuan Falun” published with different colours in various languages, they all stared at the books with open eyes. Practitioners went to talk to them.
  • Germany: Falun Dafa Information Day in Eckernfoerde

    People were surprised and could not quite understand why Falun Dafa is being persecuted. They expressed sympathy for the practitioners who are still being persecuted in China and immediately signed a petition to end this persecution. Passers-by also felt that China’s dictator, Jiang Zemin, should be brought to justice and held responsible for his actions.