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Dragon Springs, also known as the Mountain, [1] is a 427-acre (1.73 km 2) compound in Deerpark, New York, US that is the headquarters of the global Falun Gong new religious movement and the Shen Yun performance arts troupe. [2] Falun Gong founder and leader Li Hongzhi [a] lives near the compound, as do hundreds of Falun Gong adherents. Members ...
Shen Yun was founded in 2006 by Chinese expatriate adherents of Falun Gong, and is based at the Dragon Springs compound in Deerpark, New York, near where the group's leader Li Hongzhi and his followers reside. [8] [9] [10] Falun Gong adherents pay to rent the performance venue, promote the show, and sell tickets.
Lan Sheng is a Chinese restaurant in New York City. [1] The restaurant has received a Michelin star. [2] See also. List of Chinese restaurants;
Shen Yun's performance programs consists of classical Chinese dance, ethnic folk dance, solo musicians, and narrative dances that portray Falun Gong. [86] Local productions of Shen Yun are often presented by the host city's Falun Dafa Association. [87] New Tang Dynasty, the television station founded by Chinese-American practitioners of Falun ...
Falun Gong is practiced by tens, and possibly hundreds, of thousands outside China, [174] with the largest communities found in Taiwan and North American cities with large Chinese populations, such as New York and Toronto. Demographic surveys by Palmer and Ownby in these communities found that 90% of practitioners are ethnic Chinese.
Performance arts group Shen Yun, the media organization The Epoch Times, and a variety of other organizations such as New Tang Dynasty Television operate as extensions of Falun Gong. These extensions promote Falun Gong and Hongzhi's teachings, and, in the case of The Epoch Times , promote conspiracy theories and far-right politics in both the ...
Sam Chang – New York real estate and hotel developer; James S.C. Chao – New York shipping magnate and father of Elaine Chao; John Chuang – co-founder and CEO of staffing consultancy Aquent; Andy Fang – co-founder of DoorDash; Lew Hing – shipping, hotel, and canning tycoon; Andrea Jung (鍾彬嫻) – Chair of Avon
In 2010 the restaurant was purchased by Wilson Tang, a former investment banker and Wally Tang's nephew. [5] Wilson Tang transitioned the restaurant from a traditional dim sum restaurant utilizing metal carts to a made-to-order style with a menu. [3] The restaurant was featured as a location of a scene in the 2014 film The Amazing Spider-Man 2. [6]