As the year 2023 approached, people from mainland China sent greetings, and words of appreciation and gratitude to Mr. Li Hongzhi, the founder of Falun Gong, to The Epoch Times.
Every year during major holidays, and major Chinese holidays, Chinese people, including those who do and do not practice Falun Gong send holiday greetings to Mr. Li, thanking him for bringing the ancient spiritual practice, also known as Falun Dafa, to the public in 1992.
Falun Gong comprises five slow-moving and gentle exercises and teachings based on the moral values of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance. With the significant physical and spiritual benefits adherents experienced, it soon spread across China, and 70 million to 100 million people were practicing Falun Dafa in the country before the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) former top leader Jiang Zemin began suppressing the practice in 1999 due to its popularity and its moral teachings….