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Shen Yun promotes itself as "a presentation of traditional Chinese culture as it once was: a study in grace, wisdom, and virtues distilled from five millennia of Chinese civilization". The company is described in promotions as reviving Chinese culture following a period of assault and destruction under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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]
Any mention in state-run media or by Chinese diplomats is inevitably couched in demonizing labels." [4] Li has been also associated with performance arts group Shen Yun ("Divine Rhythm"), and the media organizations The Epoch Times and New Tang Dynasty Television, which operate as extensions of Falun Gong. They have promoted Falun Gong's ...
A former dancer for Shen Yun Performing Arts sued the nonprofit dance company on Monday, saying it has subjected some children who perform for it to harsh conditions, including long hours for ...
Chinese-language Vietnamese encyclopedia, Lê Quý Đôn, 4 fascicles 1782: Qing dynasty: Complete Library of the Four Treasuries: Largest collection of Chinese history, philosophy, and literature, Ji Yun, 79,000 fascicles 1917: Republic of China: The Encyclopaedia Sinica: First English-language encyclopedia on China, 1 volume 1938: Republic of ...
There are shen of nature; gods who were once people, such as the warrior Guan Yu; household gods, such as the Stove God; as well as ancestral gods (zu or zuxian). [94] In the domain of humanity the shen is the psyche, or the power or agency within humans. [95] They are intimately involved in the life of this world. [95]
Middle Chinese (formerly known as Ancient Chinese) or the Qieyun system (QYS) is the historical variety of Chinese recorded in the Qieyun, a rime dictionary first published in 601 and followed by several revised and expanded editions.
The Spring and Autumn period (c. 770 – c. 481 BCE [1] [a]) was a period in Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou (c. 771 – 256 BCE), characterized by the gradual erosion of royal power as local lords nominally subject to the Zhou exercised increasing political autonomy.