Grand Opening: Exhibition of True Parents’ Life Achievements

An opening ceremony for the Exhibition of the Lifetime Achievements of True Parents was held on August 27, 2015 commemorating the third anniversary of True Father’s Seonghwa (ascension). Over 200 leaders from all parts of the world attended this grand opening, held in the first-floor lobby of the Cheongshim Peace World Center. This exhibition is a testament to all the work True Parents have done in their lifetime—and will continue to grow as their legacy expands.

True Mother gave a benediction, expressing her hope of embracing the seven billion people on this earth and conveying an encouraging message as she explained the meaning of the Exhibition, saying, “Let this be an exhibition that will help us realize only too keenly how hard God has worked and how much effort and devotion He has given until now to embrace humankind, so that all Unificationists can follow in the footsteps of True Parents and do their utmost best and spur themselves on more and more in carrying out the work of establishing Cheon Il Guk (God’s kingdom).”

Among the attendees were Yeon Ah Moon, President of the Women’s Federation for World Peace; Hoon Sook Moon, Chair of the Universal Culture Foundation; In Sup Park, Vice President of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU); Joon Seok Ahn, Vice Chairman of FFWPU International; Gyeong Seok Yu, President of FFWPU Korea; Yong Cheon Song, President of FFWPU Japan; and other continental directors, leaders of providential organization, and participants of the First Global Top Gun Workshop. The ceremony was emceed by Eiji Tokuno.

Following True Mother’s words, there was a ribbon cutting and a chance to take commemorative photos. After the ceremony, True Mother moved to the Exhibition Hall set up on the second floor of Cheongshim Peace World Center and walked around the exhibition with major. When she reached the fifth section, she even sat down on the chair placed in front of the exhibition panel to watch a video of herself giving a speech in Japan to the very end before moving on.

Afterward, True Mother moved to the Cheon Jeong Gung Museum and, after participating in the ribbon-cutting there in front of the Cheon Jeong Gung Museum Exhibition Hall, she also took a look around.

“The Exhibition of the Lifetime Achievements of True Parents of Heaven, Earth, and Humankind”, featured its first special exhibit titled, “Providence in Japan and the Footsteps of True Parents”, for five days from August 27-31 at the Cheongshim Peace World Center and Cheon Jeong Gung Museum.

The Exhibition prepared under the leadership of FFWPU-Japan was planned with the intention of particularly introducing the providential work carried out by True Parents centering on Japan including all the victories and triumphs they achieved during their lifetime to prepare the starting ground for education to achieve the victory of Vision 2020.

The exhibition in Cheongshim Peace World Center has been divided into nine chronological sections, from the time of True Father’s studying abroad in Japan to True Mother’s recent activities in Japan, and a tenth section has been added under the theme, “Memorable photographs and testimonies with True Parents”, which has been set up in the form of panels in the second-floor hallway. At the center of each section, a video clip showing True Parents at each time period is screened to add more liveliness to the museum experience.

In the Cheon Jeong Gung Museum, more than 120 items are exhibited which give testimony to all major events and achievements carried out in Japan, from when True Father studied in Japan in his teens to when he dispatched missionaries, as well as displays of the process of receiving an official permit as a religious organization, the first editions of the Explanation of the Divine Principle and the Exposition of the Divine Principle, and True Father’s visits to Japan and True Mother’s speaking tour across all parts of Japan.

In addition, exhibited in six separate sections are the articles of clothing True Father wore at the time of his first visit to Japan in 1965, the holy salt he used to bless holy grounds during his world tour, the soil he brought back from holy grounds, letters exchanged between leaders, and a letter personally written and bestowed by True Father after the Holy Marriage Blessing of Japanese FFWPU President Osami Kuboki, which says “Lover of Japan and Origin of Loyalty and Filial Piety (日本之情 忠孝之源)”.

Also among the exhibited items are the wallet True Father gave True Mother when she set out for her tour of Japan in 2002, as well as writing which True Father wrote on the blackboard of the great hall of Guri Central Training Center at the conclusion of the Japanese Women Leaders’ Workshop on November 20, 1994, and which has been preserved together with his autograph.

In the Exhibition Hall prepared at Cheon Jeong Gung Museum, more than sixty rare and valuable items are exhibited in all their splendor thanks particularly to the earnest cooperation and support of FFWPU Japan, including the writings bestowed at the time of the selection of eight holy grounds in Japan and other such occasions, and speeches from major events.

One of the staff of the Exhibition Hall stated that, in the True Parents’ Relics Exhibition Hall situated opposite the “Providence in Japan and the Footsteps of True Parents” Exhibition, a permanent exhibition has been maintained from the Foundation Day of the first year of Cheon Il Guk until now, and has been newly renovated. Staff and visitors look forward to seeing these exhibits grow and remain a timeless and comprehensive glimpse at the life and legacy of True Parents.

The latest iPeace TV weekly update video contains a feature on this special exhibit.

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