To educate the public with scientific knowledge, Beijing recently opened an anti-superstition photo exhibition. The exhibition attracted tens of thousands.

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The exhibition was held in the city's Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution, and was sponsored by the China Science and Technology Association. The exhibition explained in scientific terms many of the methods used by those charlatans who take advantage of superstition and ignorance.

Cheng Zhi, a seventy year old retiree from the State Family Planning Commission, says the exhibition is very necessary.

Cheng Zhi says it is good to educate the public, and after seeing the exhibition people have a much better understanding of superstition.

He took the Falun Gong as an example, saying that Falun Gong is completely fraudulent, and its believers really stupid. Anybody with some scientific knowledge can see through it, and most people support the banning of the Falun Gong cult.

Jia Bin is a sophomore at the Capital Economic and Trade University. He said he came to the exhibition just to have a look, because superstition has little impact on university students.

He says that most university students are objective and respect science, and very few students are superstitious.

He adds that the state should have taken tougher action against the Falun Gong, and none of the people around him believe in the cult now.

Li Mei is a young woman with the Chinese Metallurgy Daily. She stresses the necessity of science popularization.

She says the popularization of science is very important, especially in the countryside, where superstition is deep rooted and has great influence.

She thinks that such an exhibition will especially help those who prone to superstition. In the exhibition, the strength and charm of science are clearly demonstrated with photos and explanations.

The whole exhibition is very educational, as it sharply contrasts science and superstition, and civilization and fallacy. It also helps people better understand the evil nature of cults and other pseudoscience.

Fifty thousand people have visited the exhibition since it opened on Wednesday. The exhibition is expected to be held in other cities.

(CRI 2000/06/08)