Setting foot on Yanmen Pass,
Deep emotions churn in the chest.
Thousand-year-old ancient way present,
Inside the pass there is no familiar smoke.
Yanzhao,^[26] whipping the horse, left,
Winds and clouds passed, a thousand years.
Raising the eyes, looking down from the pass,
Dafa is in the Central Plains.^[27]

August 10, 1998, at Yanmen Pass

^[25]Yanmen Pass is a historical site located in Shanxi Province. It was an important strategic point and one of the major passes on the Great Wall. Many important battles took place here between China and the nations to the north.

^[26]“Yanzhao” refers to Yang Yanzhao (958 A.D. – 1014 A.D.), a national hero and great general in the North Song Dynasty, who died in one of the battles against invasion from the north.

^[27]“Central Plains” is a translation for 中原, which historically refers to the central part of China and thus can be translated as “central China.” 中原 can also refer to China in general.