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Folkmusic: Zhou Yun-peng, hooded eyes but an unbonded heart

Born in Liao Ning Province in the year 1970, Zhou Yun-peng fell blind at the age of 9 due to an eye disease.

After graduation from university, Zhou Yun-peng journeyed to Beijing. Being blind and an outsider, this new life was difficult for sure, especially at the beginning. Zhou Yun-peng started to sing for his living in the streets and corners of this enormous city, covering works from the Beatles to folk rock songs from Taiwan. However, he never took this experience as awkward or shameful. Rather, singing somehow helped him prove his worth in this unfamiliar city.

Zhou Yun-peng started an unfettered journey across the country, along the east coast to southwestern China. In 2001, he started off on an even more remote journey to Tibet.

After reaching the top of the Tanggula Mountains at an altitude of more than 6 kilometers high, Zhou Yun-peng believed that he could one day set foot on the moon.

To Zhou Yun-peng, life turned its genial face to him when, in 1998, he received an invitation to be a pub singer in the city of Chang Sha in Hunan Province. This was the turning point of Zhou Yun-peng singing career. From then on, he could not only sing on a focused stage, but also receive applause and sighs with kindred emotion.