UK: Promoting Falun Gong Before Christmas

As Christmas comes closer, many people go shopping in the city centre. In particular, the open Christmas market attracts a lot of people. Practitioners from the west of England took the opportunity to clarify the facts about Falun Gong and the facts about the persecution in China to local people. Practitioners spent a couple of days in Bath and Cardiff, the capital of Wales.

Here are some reports on the Hongfa activities:

1) Chinese Students from Cambridge

Two Chinese students came to the Dafa stall, so practitioners gave them some truth-clarifying materials and a Video-CD. The two students told practitioners that they were from Cambridge and they had already read the leaflets.

2) Officials from City Hall Come to Support Dafa

A tall man came to the stall and told practitioners that he wanted to convey his best regards. This gentleman does social work at the city hall and he said that he has continually paid attention to reports on Falun Gong. He also said that he felt anxious about the persecution in China, and expressed support for Falun Gong practitioners’ peaceful appeals for freedom of belief and hoped that the persecution would end soon. He signed the petition to rescue practitioners' imprisoned friends and family members before he left and wished practitioners good luck.

3) Chinese Tourists Take Pictures of Practitioners

A few tourists from Mainland China took pictures of practitioners when they saw the Falun Gong exercise demonstration. One western practitioner gave them a leaflet and told of his experiences and the benefits he received from practising Falun Gong. He also expressed that people shouldn’t allow the persecution of Falun Gong to continue. The Chinese tourists nodded and said that they also knew Dafa is good, but they did not know what to do about the situation in China.

4) Shoppers Come to Learn the Facts

There were some touching scenes during the activities: when many people passed by the stall, they would forget about their shopping bags and stand near the stall to watch the exercise demonstration. Practitioners very happy that these people could come to learn the facts.

5) Invitation from Church Friends

During the Hongfa activities, practitioners met two friends from a church whom they had clarified the facts to two months ago. They were sorry for what practitioners are experiencing in China and invited practitioners to participate in a special meeting that they had arranged for the practitioners to introduce Falun Dafa.