The Words of Sun Myung Moon from 2012 |
September 16. 2012
Cheon Jeong Gung
August 1, H.C.
Tongil Foundation It was a beautiful and moving ceremony. Now it's time to unite
around True Mother and move forward toward Foundation Day. Many people have commented on how beautiful the stage was during
True Father's Seonghwa Ceremony. [September 16, 2012. Tongil
Foundation]
The Organizing Committee
determined at an early stage in the preparations that even the best
flower arranging expert in Korea could not produce the quality that
was needed. So they reached out to a top flower arranging company in
Japan.
The Japanese company sent their staff to Korea,
measured the stage, checked to see what flowers were available in
Korea and came up with a design.
About 30,000 stems were
purchased, and purchases were planned so blossoms would be in full
bloom during the ceremony. The placement of each flower was
individually determined so they would all be placed the order of
their size.
Twelve experts from the Japanese company
supported by 20 Korean staff worked 12 hours the night before to
create the stage.