LONDON—Krystal Cao had tears in her eyes after Saturday's Chinese Spectacular show in London.
When asked why, she explained, "Those three words, Zhen, Shan, Ren [Truthfulness, Compassion and Tolerance], they really hit my heart. There's a deeper meaning. These things were all destroyed by communism."
Miss. Cao was born in Mainland China and has been living in the UK for 17 years. She is now a British subject and works in a Surrey sales department.
"The Cultural Revolution, people have been brainwashed - actually we had just lost it all and this show has just brought it back, what we have lost. We're lucky; this Shen Yun has just brought it all back."
Shen Yun is the Chinese name for Divine Performing Arts, the company performing four fullhouse Chinese Spectacular's at London's Royal Festival Hall this weekend.
Cao's friend Choi Fung, a sales advisor from Surrey, said: "We're coming again tomorrow and this time we'll bring mum."
Miss Cao agreed: "I hope Shen Yun will come next year and again, and again, and again so everyone can see it."
Mr. Choi has lived in the UK for 20 years and found out about the show through friends.
He said the Chinese Spectacular "gave me what I missed out on for a long time as I was mostly brought up in this country."
"It gave me a memory of what I was taught when I was very young. Growing up in this country, I missed out on what my country was really all about."
When asked for his thoughts on what traditional Chinese culture means, he said, "Well, we have seen it tonight . . . the family religion was Buddhism anyway and this show gave me a better understanding of things."
"Those words, truthfulness . . . I read the English words because my Chinese is not that good", Choi explained. "The lyrics too in English really meant a lot. They brought a message I was not even aware of in the first place", he said.
"We will ring round all our friends tonight. We'll recommend the show to all our friends and tell them all to come, definitely," Mr. Choi enthused.
For information about upcoming Divine Performing Arts shows, please visit:
www.DivinePerformingArts.org.
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