“[Shen Yun] opened China and its culture to the rest of the world. For me, it was very inspirational. It was about understanding some of the hardships happening in China,” he expressed.
“It’s a sad thing [because China has] a very rich culture full of tradition, ethnicity, love, and most importantly—divine beliefs. That’s very important because, in China today, there is a lot of atheism and a lot of control against religion. I think [Shen Yun] inspires people to look past that and look at what China truly is. It was a very nice event.”
According to its website, the name “Shen Yun” translates into “the beauty of divine beings dancing.”
Mr. Mendoza thoroughly enjoyed the spiritual element of the performance and thought it’s something people should learn from Shen Yun—to be more in touch with their divinity.
“People should be humbler about where we come from and where we’re going. That’s a theme very relevant for me, that we’re at the end of times. It’s good against evil and we need to be ready to understand what’s going to happen—be prepared for that,” he said.
“Which side of the table do you want to be? Do you want to be on the positive side or the negative side? That’s really the more important thing.”
He was glad to have bought tickets for all seven of his family members because the show opened their eyes not only to traditional Chinese culture but to the world.
“It doesn’t matter if you’re Chinese, American, Mexican, or wherever—we all have the same belief in God or the divine power,” Mr. Mendoza elaborated.
“It’s a matter of opening ourselves up—it’s not just us who believe in a God or a divine power, other cultures and other people around the world [share our experience.] That’s what stood out to me the most from the show.”
