There is a chinese proverb that says: when lightning strikes in the eighth month of the (lunar calender) year, there are thiefs everywhere. On a September day this year, which is in the eighth month in the lunar calender, between 4 and 5 am, deafening explosions of lightning struck Beijng for about an hour, and shook-up people in the entire city. After the lightning passed, not a single drop of rain had fallen. However, it was found that the lightning struck and splintered a national pagoda tree on the southwest side of the Knoll Stage in the Temple of Heaven Park, causing the local people to tremble.
People were wondering why this had happened? The Knoll Stage had been used in the past for worshiping heaven , and it is surrounded by many trees, some thicker, some thiner. Why was this particular national pagoda tree singled out? Why was it called the 'national' pagoda tree. What does the national pagoda tree stand for? Why was it that the national pagoda tree at the heaven-worshipping location was struck? People concluded that this is a manifestation of heavenly anger! People who live nearby all went there to pick up branches of the tree and use them to ward off evil.
The earth-shaking sound of lightning woke up the people, but did not wake up the Chinese media, who likes to fabricate news. The Chinese media did not report anything about this event.
How can Jiang Zeming, by relying on cruel force, stop people from believing that one's good or bad actions will bring corresponding consequences, and that divine beings really exist?
An Witness
October 3, 2000
