GRONINGEN, Netherlands—A Chinese Ph.D. student said she couldn’t control her tears when attending Shen Yun Performing Arts at the MartiniPlaza in Groningen on Lunar New Year’s Eve, Jan. 21.
“I was shocked deeply. No words can describe how shocked I felt. It’s incredibly exciting and inspiring,” said Ms. Liu Yanzhe, a Ph.D. student who has studied in the Netherlands for over two years. “I was born and grew up in China, an environment without freedom and beliefs. I felt I’m the luckiest one [who can attend Shen Yun].”
New York-based Shen Yun is the world’s top classical Chinese dance company and has a mission to show the beauty and goodness of “China before communism.” For 5,000 years China’s civilization was built on values and virtues from the spiritual teachings of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism….