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Shen Yun has performed in front of millions [6] and has toured more than 200 cities across Europe, North America, Oceania, and Asia. [4] [6] [7] 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 ...
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]
During Shen Yun's 2024 season, the company's eight touring troupes performed over 800 shows on five continents. By 2024, Shen Yun accumulated $266 million in assets mainly through ticket sales and by keeping its costs down through numerous volunteer hours and sometimes personal savings of Falun Gong adherents. [282]
A Shen Yun ad is seen on the outside of the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, in San Jose, California. (Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images)
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 ...
The Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed.) defines shen in these terms, "In Chinese philosophy: a god, person of supernatural power, or the spirit of a dead person." Shen can also refer to a living, "'spiritual' or 'spiritlike'" person or people when they accomplish things perceived to be superhuman, such as saving "people through the power of ...
Shen Yunying was the daughter of General Shen Zhixu, who was in command of the garrison at Daozhou, in modern-day Hunan. [2] She accompanied her father on his missions, and she was married to a man of the army. [citation needed] In 1643, her father was killed in battle against the rebel army of Zhang Xianzhong. [1]
The classic Chinese novel Investiture of the Gods (also commonly known as Fengshen Yanyi) contains a register of deities (Chinese: 封神榜). According to Fengshen Yanyi, Yuanshi Tianzun ("Primeval Lord of Heaven") bestows upon Jiang Ziya the Fengshen bang (Register of Deities), a list that empowers him to invest in the gods of heaven. Through ...