Bay lên trời cao - Câu chuyện có thật về lòng dũng cảm, tình yêu và sự kiên định Vào một đêm hè oi bức, cô bé 7 tuổi Phù Dao nằm trên băng ghế trong sân chơi nhà trường, tựa đầu lên chân mẹ, tự hỏi không biết tương lai mình sẽ ra sao?
Người cha làm nghề dẫn chương trình của em đang bị giam trong trại lao động cưỡng bức. Mẹ em trước đây là một giáo viên giỏi giờ cũng không được dạy nữa. Hai mẹ con bị quản thúc tại ngôi trường mà mẹ em từng dạy học.
Cha mẹ của nhân vật chính Tiểu Phù Dao trong phim là nạn nhân của một chiến dịch đàn áp tín ngưỡng ở Trung Quốc. Lần này, mục tiêu bức hại của ĐCSTQ là học viên Pháp Luân Công, một môn tu luyện thiền định của Phật gia, được hàng chục triệu người theo học. Chính vì lý do đó mà họ bị chính quyền Trung Quốc ganh ghét.
Kể từ tháng 7/1999, sách Pháp Luân Công đã bị cấm và đốt, bộ máy tuyên truyền quốc gia đã bôi nhọ, vu khống tiếng xấu cho Pháp Luân Công. Hàng trăm ngàn người tu luyện đã bị bắt, nhiều người bị tra tấn đến chết. Phù Dao những tưởng việc bị bắt nạt và sỉ nhục đã là tồi tệ nhất trên thế gian này rồi. Nhưng mọi thứ chưa dừng lại ở đó. Không lâu sau, mẹ cô bé phải rời xa cô, lưu lạc khắp nơi để tránh bị cảnh sát bắt. Sau đó, chỉ vì phân phát tờ rơi nói rõ sự thật về Pháp Luân Công mà mẹ em bị bắt giam và kết án 7 năm tù. Từ đó, Phù Dao chỉ có một mình.
Tuy nhiên, cô bé lại không phải là một đứa trẻ yếu đuối bất lực trước những bất công của xã hội. Thay vào đó, bất chấp mọi khó khăn phải đối mặt, Phù Dao đã trở thành nguồn động lực chính cho người mẹ đang phải chịu nhiều tủi nhục của mình. Từ một giáo viên xuất sắc được nhiều người yêu quý, bà đã phải sống chung với những kẻ giết người, buôn ma túy và bị cai ngục tra tấn tàn bạo. Khi mẹ cô bé dần lấy lại được sức mạnh nội tâm, bà đã nuôi dưỡng và bảo vệ con gái trong suốt những năm tháng đầy biến động của đời mình, bằng những cách phi thường nhất.
Thông qua những thước phim hoạt hình cảm động đan xen các cuộc phỏng vấn ngoài đời thực, bộ phim mang đến một câu chuyện có thật về lòng dũng cảm, tình yêu thương và sự kiên trì của những con người ở nơi tăm tối nhất trong thời hiện đại.
In July 1999, a new religion was established in China.
This time, it was about Buddhism, a Buddhism-based practice.
The country's propaganda machine has destroyed the practice and arrested hundreds of thousands of students.
Many people have been tortured to death.
When I think back, it's just like a dream.
When I was little, people told me that I was a good and adorable girl.
My mom said I paid too much attention to my appearance.
My mom is a teacher at No. 1 elementary school in Lutai.
There's a saying in my town that a teacher from that school is as powerful as the mayor.
At that time, all officials in our town asked their children to come to this school to be taught by my mom.
A big eagle flies from the North Sea to the South Sea in the same amount of wind, up to 90,000 miles.
But it has to wait until June every year when the wind blows the most to fly as high as that.
This is also the meaning behind the name.
Buddha, it's raining. Let's go.
Back then, I was a very happy kid.
But later on, my father was taken to the labor camp, and my mom was adhered to her school.
I lived with my mom in a very small room in our school.
A female teacher was with us every night at night.
We couldn't go grocery shopping.
We could only take a shower once a month.
Both mom and I had a fever.
I became very low self-esteem at that time, because I saw on TV that my father was handcuffed and was pulled in on camera.
According to TV, the police have quickly arrested Mr. Lee Chun-kun and others.
They are investigating all government agencies and offices to arrest those who committed the crime.
My father was a TV anchor. He was very famous.
Maybe that's the reason he was treated like that.
I couldn't understand why people who used to be my father's friends used to be his friends.
Police officers, you misunderstood.
Why did you arrest us?
Come here. You want to run?
Before the persecution started,
but local French teachers in our neighborhood came to my home to study French, to read a book.
But one night, nobody came.
The tatami mats were still on our living room floor, but nobody came after that.
People say that life is a cycle, and it really is.
When I was little, my parents would always take me to the park
to join the group exercises, the Falun Gong.
After the persecution began,
we suddenly became the enemy of the state overnight.
I used to believe that good is good, bad is bad,
truth is never false, and the false is never true.
As time went by, I started to realize that sometimes things flipped upside down.
So I don't have to look at the world the same way as everyone else.
I should drink more lotion to make my voice sound better.
Hello, can you hear me?
Director, you have a message.
Hey, can you adjust your hair on the right side a little bit?
There's a few strands of hair sticking out.
When I was little, I always saw my father on TV,
and now I'm following in his footsteps.
Life is just interesting.
In our times, the pain feels endless.
But now, when I look back,
I would not have existed at that time
if I wouldn't have been alive to do this.
When I was in first grade,
because my father was not around,
I was often bullied.
Hey, you French boy.
Once, I forget why,
but a group of boys came up to me and beat me.
Maybe they thought I was an easy target
because I didn't know what to tell me.
I felt a bit wronged,
and told my mom about it.
But I said to her,
it's okay,
because a traditionary should accept.
My mom said I did the right thing.
Tian Tan, China, 2001
We had no money to buy new clothes,
so I had to wear old clothes.
My mom thought that these clothes were
maybe a little bit too short for me,
and so the mom cut them to make them longer.
They looked funny, but they were nice.
The new clothes looked really weird,
but they were just right for me.
My family's living situation used to be really good,
but all of a sudden, everything became miserable.
Everything was like,
I almost became the poorest in my class.
At that time, my mom was not allowed to teach.
She was assigned to some hard work.
Many parents wanted to teach,
but couldn't do anything.
They just wasn't happy
that such a good teacher was not allowed to teach.
In August, 2001,
at a meeting in the United Nations,
the International Education Development Association, IED, pointed out that
the suicide bombing in Tian'anmen was a fake propaganda
aimed at the French.
It was related to a political scheme.
The IED also provided evidence,
which was analyzed in the video
about the suicide bombing for the members at the meeting.
At that time, we found changes
in a lot of publications and DVDs.
We made many effects,
and later someone reported my mom.
Don't watch it anymore. Turn it off.
Where did you get this DVD?
I got it from Ms. Wang Huiquan.
She distributed DVDs to all the teachers in grade 4.
Who else did she give it to?
I don't know.
Ms. Wang,
you should accept the propaganda from the party and the government.
Haven't you seen the poster?
The suicide bombing was just a fake propaganda aimed at the French.
This is not the right time to talk.
One day, I saw my mom surrounded by many teachers.
It was a very big room with a lot of people there.
When they saw me, they said to my mom,
you may stay with your child for a while.
Then my mom told me,
Fuyao, you have to run away.
You should listen to your grandma.
You should be a good kid to your grandma.
At that time, I had no idea what was going on.
I asked, where were you going?
Why did you say that?
That afternoon, all the officials in the school
were searching my mom like crazy.
The police also searched around,
but they didn't find her.
Hey, there's still one seat left.
There's only 25 seats for one person.
The bus is about to leave.
There's still one seat left.
Hey, there's still one seat left.
Get on the bus.
There's still one seat left.
I had nowhere to go.
I had no one to take me with us.
I just sat on the bus.
I boarded the bus at 2 p.m.
It was dark outside.
After escaping from my hometown,
I stayed in a few different places,
like Ha Bac and Truong Gia Kho.
I also went to Beijing.
I met another practitioner
who also ran away from where my mom lived.
We just hooked up flyers together
and put up signs.
Later in the evening,
Ha Bac police found out
that we put up these signs,
so we left the city.
It was time for the G348 to depart
to Thach Gia Trang.
Passengers on the G348
were happy to bring their luggage
and move to the west
to get on board.
All passengers noticed
that it was time for the G348 to depart.
They were happy to get on board
and get on bus number 4 to depart.
They were happy to bring all their luggage
and move to Thach Gia Trang
and follow the instructions
of the security guard
to not bring anything on board.
Hey, wait a minute.
Check your luggage.
Where are you going?
Beijing.
Yo, practicing Falun Gong.
Hey, I found a Falun Gong practitioner.
The guard was very excited.
Wow, Falun Gong.
Like he wouldn't worry
because he would get a cash reward for that.
At that time I couldn't run away
because there were a few people
to meet that practitioner and me.
But I didn't know what would happen
to her if I escaped.
So I didn't leave.
I threw materials everywhere.
I shouted.
People fed lies.
Those who set themselves on fire
on campus would not practice Falun Gong.
Then a lot of police ran towards me.
The government is lying.
Come here.
Let me go.
Don't pick it up.
Put it down.
Don't pick it up.
Let me go.
I found a woman practicing Falun Gong
at Gaha North.
Let me go.
Today, Tuyet Thuy Duc will be in class.
Chen Chen, which class is quiet?
Tuyet Thuy Duc is still in class.
By the way, tomorrow,
all of you have to go to school
to sign up for Falun Gong.
Do you understand?
Everyone has to sign up.
Let's see those who practice Falun Gong.
Last night, I heard TV.
Why did you say that?
You used to be a friend of my parents.
I also know they have become stronger
since they practiced Falun Gong.
What are you talking about?
Your parents are in jail.
How dare you say Falun Gong is good?
He said,
how dare you say Falun Gong is good
while your parents are in jail?
At that moment,
I really had no idea how to respond.
So I didn't say a word.
I felt I was single at heart.
But I couldn't tell my family what happened.
So I just cried alone.
As I grew up,
I have a doubt in my heart.
Should I persist or not?
Do you miss your mom?
If you want your mom to come home,
you have to cry loudly when you see her.
You have to cry loudly.
Do you hear me?
There are guests who want to see you.
Mom,
teacher.
When I first saw my mom,
she looked different from before.
I didn't know if she was abused
or not allowed to eat.
She looked skinny.
But her hug was still so warm.
I put my head on her shoulder
and touched her hair.
Then she turned me around
to redo my ponytail.
After she made my hair,
I cherished it so much
that I don't want to cut it down or wash it.
Teacher.
Do you want your mom to come home
to take care of you
or stay here to persist with your mom's faith?
Stay, mom.
Do you hate your mom?
No.
Later, she told me
that meeting her was a big encouragement
and she felt relieved.
It was very hard back then.
I was looked down on and left out.
Especially for a young girl,
that made me feel sadder.
But I knew Pháp Luân Đại Pháp was right.
In the past stories,
those noble people who took writing
might be executed
or be deprived of their rights
or even be killed.
But they always stayed innocent
and clean.
Their names are remembered forever.
I was arrested
in Hà Bắc,
in a detention center.
We started an understrike.
I was detained for 11 days
and I was in jail for that.
What did you do to her?
So cruel!
Are you still human?
Get out!
How dare you do that?
Shut up!
How dare you shout?
Shout again!
Who is cruel?
Huh?
How dare you speak?
Speak again!
He slapped me with a lot of force.
I heard a big humming
and then all of a sudden
I couldn't hear anything.
Since then,
my hearing has been bad.
My daughter visited me twice a year.
During school time,
our family wouldn't allow her to come
either.
But when the school was not in session,
I visibly looked forward to her visit.
Mom!
Free her!
Mom!
Free her!
Because my parents were not around,
I felt very sad.
Like all of a sudden,
I need to become more mature
and I need to take care of myself.
I knew I should not disturb any adults
or make any trouble.
I should just stay home,
go to school, eat well,
get healthy.
I just wanted to be a good kid
like my parents told me
to be humble, kind and forbearing.
In my understanding,
practicing is to be a better kid
than the other kids
and being the best kid you can be.
My parents were not around
so I lived with them
and my mom told me
that I was 10.
I heard a lot of kids playing outside
and I wanted to play with them
but I didn't dare to.
They all knew I was not the child
of this family
so I knew I had to stay here.
I was afraid like before
after playing for a while
their parents would run away from me
because I have no future
and living near me
would be dangerous for their kids.
On one visiting day,
I was not allowed to see my family
because I refused to give up my belief.
There was a sandstorm outside
a very severe sandstorm.
The sky was very dark.
Others who had visitors
all gathered together in the morning.
I felt sad that nobody from my family
came to visit me.
In the afternoon,
around 2 p.m.,
a prison guard took me out and said
your family is waiting to see you
and your kid is here.
You can wait here.
Mom!
The girl came in from behind me
and when I saw her,
my heart was wrenching.
Her whole face and her hair were covered in sand
except her eyes.
Her face was covered in mud.
When I saw that,
my tears just fell out of my eyes.
She said,
Mom, don't cry.
My grandmoms are outside.
The police didn't let them in.
Then she said,
Mom, I have good news for you.
Dad will be freed in 2 years or months.
I know the news
and I felt sad
when I heard her say that.
But despite that,
whenever I saw her,
she always appeared delighted.
She shone like the sun.
Even on the day of the sandstorm,
when her face covered in dust,
she still looked radiant.
The thing I fear most in the prison
is not the physical suffering
but the forced brainwashing.
They have quoted to brainwash
the French law students.
Their emotions and voices
will depend on this.
What is the so-called transformation?
The police torture you by all means
so that you can't
break your physical and mental limits.
They want you to give in
under extreme conditions.
They force you to write
all kinds of statements
to renounce your belief against your will.
You are forced to write them
over and over and over again.
They make you do
these shameful things.
This so-called transformation
and the pain that brings
is unbearable.
Once, they wouldn't let me
sit in the longest position
but I still did that
because sitting in the longest position
helps me to strengthen my positive thoughts.
I didn't do that
because I didn't want to fall
for their brainwashing tactics.
The prisoners in prison
were really angry so they hit me.
One started
and others had to follow
because they needed to show
they followed those instructions.
Some of them actually wanted to
but they had to face it
while some others beat the hell out of me.
At that time, I recall
what my husband told me before.
He said, if you are involved in a group fight
you just hold one person
and punch him or her intensively
and the earlier you punch that one person
the sooner they will let you go.
Then I thought, this inmate is much shorter than me.
If I beat her fucking easily
I should be able to beat her.
But I kept my hands down
while she was beating me.
Actually, I thought to punch her back a few times
but I remembered my teacher's words
that we shouldn't hit back or hit
or pull back when someone insults you.
I shouldn't fight back.
So I decided to interrupt
without punching back.
The first time I wrote to my mom
when I was living with her
in my aunt's house
I asked my mom, what should I write?
She said, you can advise your mom
to be steadfast in her belief.
I didn't know how to express that
so I thought of using the word
principle.
Everyone has their own principles
and we should stick to the principles
no matter what situation they run into.
I usually use the green ink
that I use for my homework
to write to my mom
but in this particular sentence
I use black ink to emphasize the meaning of the sentence
so that she could read the meaning
that I want to emphasize.
These are the letters that I've been
holding for years.
I've read them a lot.
Sometimes I make time to finish
my homework.
Reading the letters makes me
feel more comfortable.
I will have a little more attitude
when I'm ready to face another day.
It really was a kind of
building the heart
even though we were so far apart.
Reading the letters gives me the feeling
of having my mom and dad
right there beside me
and didn't feel so depressed anymore.
Mom, how are you?
Mom, how do you feel recently?
Are you eating well?
Did they beat you again?
This semester I feel very different.
Teacher Xu put me in charge
of a lot of important things in the class
but I'm not very responsible.
Not only that,
but my grades are also going down
and I'm no longer your good daughter.
Mom, I need a new friend
Sun Jia.
At the beginning of this semester
her grades were not as good as mine
but now she's much better than me.
I don't know why
but these days she always avoids me
and doesn't talk to me.
When I approach her
she shows his way
as if I'm infected.
Maybe it's because of my grades
or my comments
or maybe it's because of my family situation.
Police,
do you have any letter for me?
Police,
do you have any letter for me this month?
Dear daughter,
how are you?
I received your letter.
Although we can only write to each other once a month,
I can see that you're not doing very well
in many ways
since you went to middle school in 6th grade.
Like you,
I feel sad when you're losing a friend.
I agree with your reasons
to why Sun Jia left you.
As you can see,
if people don't work hard
and don't respect others
or lose their best friends
even though they're fine in clothes,
let them wear stuff.
Let them learn from this lesson.
Respect others
and treat others well.
If you treat them well,
you will find everything will be fine.
Thank you for the beautiful carpet.
I think you and dad are my best friends,
aren't you?
I'm confused.
Why have I become the kind of girl
that everyone hates?
I'm so selfish now.
I often fight and argue with my classmates.
I even push my deskmate to the ground.
So I don't have many good friends.
And I like to speak to them.
So I don't have many good friends.
And I like to speak to other people.
How shall I improve myself?
Hey, Li Piao, your letter.
Your mom is in prison.
From the Royal Society of Women's Prison in Tianjin
to Li Fujiao,
Ning Ha, Tianjin.
In the previous class,
we talked about the anti-prison struggle
and the Great Leap Forward.
Since 1953,
China has begun to industrialize socialism
and to develop socialism
for private enterprises.
Dear daughter,
how are you?
After reading your letter,
I'm very happy.
You can see your dad and I
as your real friends.
Thank you for your trust.
I know you regret
something you did recently.
Please don't feel too bad.
How can you be a girl
who makes everyone hate you?
If you smile a lot
and are nice to others,
who will hate a happy and nice little girl?
Do you still remember the country song
by my friend,
called My Desire?
Please imagine,
if many years later,
your current classmate wants to write a song
called My Desire,
what will he write about you?
Just joking.
You will be many more friends
with your sincerity.
When I first entered the prison,
I had a thought.
They deprived me of the best time
to educate my child.
They deprived me
of the best years of my life.
What is left is my life,
nothing else.
I want to persist in my belief,
my way of life.
In prison, they don't allow you
to sit with your legs straight
because they think you are practicing
meditation with your legs across.
I asked people to sit with their legs straight.
The police used all kinds of methods
to stop me from sitting in lotus position.
They cuffed me to my bed
and then started a hunger strike.
The first time when I was cuffed to the bed,
I felt pain all over.
Then I started to recite the scriptures
by my teacher.
I remembered teacher wrote
in the scripture of the path.
Cultivation is hard.
It's hard in that
even when a terrible climate strikes,
even when evil madly persecutes,
and even when your life is at stake,
you still have to be able
to step fast and continue
on your path of cultivation
without letting anything in human society
interfere with the steps you take
on your path of cultivation.
Enlightenment
in the modern human world
rules and fission
when you teach the path
evil practices are bound to interfere
with the world.
The path and the demonic ways
are taught at the same time
and in the same time.
Amidst the three path falls one
and nothing is important.
No distinction
bound to be exceptional
in the human world.
Those who really have
a predestined relationship
with Khen Rinpoche
will come one after another
entering the Tao
and obtaining the path.
They will distinguish the righteous
from the evil,
obtain the protections,
lighten their bonds,
enhance their wisdom,
enrich their hearts,
and lift up their minds.
Such a smooth life.
So wonderful to strive forward
with every effort
to live the world without direction
and with poor enlightenment quality,
live for money and die for power,
being joyful or anxious
over petty gains.
They compete bitterly against each other,
thus accruing karma
throughout their lives.
I kept reciting these scriptures
and this strengthened my resolve
to go forward.
I thought no matter how hard
this path would be,
even if I was struck or beaten,
I will go forward.
On the fifth day,
they released me from the bed.
One of the inmates brought a basin
for me to wash my face.
The concerting child asked me,
why did you suffer so much
just to sit in a sitting position?
I said,
because this is the sitting position of the Buddha.
It is the most noble position.
She smiled
and didn't say anything.
Dear daughter,
how are you?
A few days ago,
I sent you a letter.
I wonder if you have received it.
Are you in good mood now?
Do you have a smile on your face?
I always pray for your happiness,
health, and a balanced mindset.
Ms. Vuong,
can you help me
write a letter to my son?
I have to take a break from school
to sell vegetables.
Please help me stop my son.
OK, I will help you.
Listen,
please write me a letter
to your husband.
Tell him to send me a letter.
OK, OK.
Don't you know
that he has someone else?
Buddha, do you know
that a person will encounter
all kinds of challenges in their life.
On a smaller scale,
there might be misunderstandings
from parents, siblings,
classmates, or teachers.
On a big scale,
you may be wrong by country.
If someone is a little distrustful
or misunderstanding
and he thinks a little,
then he will have to die too many times.
When you were little,
you liked to read and rest when you were little.
In that,
it is hard to get a human body.
It is hard to be born in a kingdom.
It is hard to hear the law.
Life is so precious.
Never give up.
I felt like I had grown up already.
During middle school and high school,
I had to struggle a lot.
But for now,
I have some complaints about my relatives
who are kind of rebellious.
I wondered,
what is the point of living?
Why can't my life be normal like everyone else's?
Why are my parents not around me?
Why is the school environment like this?
Why don't I have money
or anything else?
So I asked my mom,
and she replied,
Mom replied,
let me come home to nature.
Look at the green meadows
with flying dragonflies,
the clever mantis,
the gliding orangutans,
the leisurely fish,
the fine spiderwebs.
These tiny living beings
manifest nature's kindness
like their diversity.
When the spring flowers
are blown off our branches by the wind,
do you hear them blowing?
When the autumn moon
is covered by the clouds,
do you hear them whistling?
When the summer rain
dances with the rain,
do you hear them laughing?
When the snow is melted by the sun,
does it cry?
Because they know
that bitterness and happiness
are all the feelings of life.
They are all the elements of the universe.
Just like how you once
encouraged me,
happiness is the happiness
but pain is also beautiful,
isn't it?
Human beings are one of the
wisest of creatures.
We can feel the meaning of life
even more.
My child,
you are a wonderful element
of the universe.
How do you feel now?
Come with me to enjoy
the lotus blooming in the pond.
Do you know
not all lotus seeds bloom
when the seeds are spread in the mud?
Some seeds seem powerful
to the muds.
They don't believe
beautiful flowers can grow
from the mud.
They die out of depression.
Some other seeds are so sick
of the mud's smell and filthiness
that they will quarrel all day
because of this.
At the end of the process,
they mislead the season.
Turned out,
they later became part of the mud.
But there are also seeds
that quietly follow the
sarcasm of the mud
and try to get along with it
and absorb nutrients from the mud.
They believe that
sooner or later
they will grow into beautiful flowers.
Finally,
they ran through the mud
and entered the sacred lotus seeds.
To thank the mud,
they leave a white body
in the mud.
From those lotus seeds,
each different mindset
produces a different result.
The day Mama was released from prison,
we went to pick her up.
From far away,
she looked like she was glowing.
Her skin was so fair
and wearing the new clothes
we bought for her.
She looked completely different
from seven years ago.
She looked so beautiful.
Her skin looked totally different.
Scantone used to be a little yellow,
but that day when we saw her,
she was so fair.
From afar,
she looked like a lotus flower.
A prison guard
who used to be in charge of me,
she ran over.
She held my arm and said,
please don't hate me,
please don't hate me.
I could feel her guilt
for persecuting me
until the prison guard defeated me.
I could feel it.
I could feel that everyone has
a signature in their heart.
That gives me a feeling of relief.
For me,
their return home was a milestone
for me.
I no longer have to wonder
when will my parents come back.
I don't have to think about that anymore.
Then, I started to think about
what I have been wanting for all these years.
For a few days,
I was thinking about that.
A few days later,
at noon one day,
I saw my mom told her
I want to practice cultivation now.
It was like a new chapter
for my life.
My childhood had passed.
I needed to be serious
about how to live up to the standards
of a cultivated kid,
which is more than just building a kid.
After so many years
I felt it was unfair
and I had resentment.
But the master told me
what you have to do
without anger or resentment
is the forbearance of the cultivator.
I then realized
this mindset,
this spirit
is what a practitioner should achieve.
I just felt
I suddenly understood everything.
I understood everything that day.
After being released from prison,
the Fujiao family could not
go back to their old job.
The police still followed them
and harassed them.
In 2014, the whole family fled from China
to flee to the US.
Currently, Fujiao is working
at an independent news channel in New York.
This media channel broadcasts neutral news,
especially not through Chinese censorship.