(Minghui.org) In May 2021, coronavirus infection cases suddenly rose in Taiwan. In conjunction with the government’s trace contacting system and a series of policies to restrict travel, people began to stay at home and reduce their outings. 

Meimei is a Falun Gong practitioner who sells tea at a traditional market. She observed that the market became less crowded, and vendors often look sad because their business deteriorated. 

Vendors also have to cooperate with the market management committee to check customers’ temperature and disinfect their shops with alcohol. All this has made it hard for them to remain open as usual. It’s a significant risk for them, as the market is a place that is prone to the spread of the virus.

Seeing this, Meimei took the initiative to talk to the management committee to lead the health and safety efforts, saying, “Let me do it.” So, Meimei set up a small booth at the entrance of the market to check people’s temperature and jot down their names for contact tracing.

Telling People About Falun Gong and the Persecution

Although there were fewer people frequenting the businesses at the market, there are still those who needed to go there to buy necessities. Everyone is fully armed with face masks, glasses, and gloves, keeping their distance and queuing in an orderly manner. People passing through the market entry point must stop and have their forehead temperature checked before filling in a tracking form with their name so they can be notified if they’ve come into contact with anyone who got the virus.

When people queued up to enter the market, it was also a good opportunity to talk to people about the practice and how it’s persecuted in China. Local Falun Gong practitioners came to participate after learning about the opportunity. They distributed small origami lotus flowers with two phrases on them: “Falun Dafa is good. Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good,” and other truth-clarification information. 

During the pandemic, most people accepted the lotus flowers and informational materials. They were also willing to listen to the practitioners’ explanation of the importance of reciting the two phrases. Some even asked for a few more flowers to give to their family and friends; others asked about learning the Falun Gong exercises.

Falun Gong practitioners check people’s body temperature and distribute informational materials and origami lotus flowers. 

Falun Gong practitioners distribute information on staying safe during the pandemic.

At Meimei’s stand, while checking people’s temperature, she told them that nowadays morality has declined. She believes that once people’s morality is restored, the plague will naturally end. Many people took lotus flowers after listening to her, and some began to read truth-clarification information.

Meimei exclaimed, “I pointed to an article introducing how a New York businesswoman recovered from Covid after reciting the two phrases. Everyone was happy to bring this a copy of the article home.” She also taught an elderly woman to recite the two phrases, and she took it very seriously.

Later, more and more practitioners joined the effort by filling in a weekly duty schedule and forming a lotus flower production team. Everything looks so orderly. 

One practitioner said, “In the market, after checking people’s temperature and having them fill out their contact information, we hand them a lotus flower and Falun Gong information. Most people are happy to accept them and express their gratitude. They are willing to stop and listen to our explanation of the two phrases and hear how people have recovered by reciting the two special phrases.”

Another practitioner said, “What’s even rarer was that the people appeared calm and were full of trust. The practitioners’ peaceful, rational and friendly attitude made them feel relieved.”

Some practitioners fold a special edition paper titled “Falun Dafa is Good.” Each shift in the market lasts for five hours. The practitioners coordinated as one body to clarify the truth.

Letting People Know the Benefits of Falun Gong 

A Christian woman was asked to stay near the checkpoint for a while because of her high temperature. While waiting, she asked about Falun Gong. A practitioner told her that Falun Gong teaches people to be good by living according to the principles of Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance. The woman understood and recited the two phrases. She then had her temperature checked and was completely back to normal.

There were a lot of people coming and going in the market. After listening to the practitioners’ explanation of the two phrases, some shoppers chose to hang the lotuses on their shirts. When the practitioners encountered skeptics, they said that they didn’t seek to change people’s beliefs, but just told them one more way to stay safe in this chaotic world full of disasters.

After reading the recovery stories in the special edition, some people asked for more copies of it as well as lotus flowers for their friends and family. 

A medical expert knew that Falun Gong is very effective. He also studied cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was certain that practicing Falun Gong will improve one’s immunity and health. 

The police were friendly. One practitioner mentioned, “I walked to the controlled entrance and greeted two police officers. They looked at me naturally, nodded and smiled in response. During the whole process, people naturally passed by no matter whether they accepted informational materials or not. The police officers rotated their shifts and almost all accepted our handouts and some of them thanked us for our efforts.”