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Chinese New Year Spectacular Again!

on January 24, 2008

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Wang Lee Hom

Four time Golden Melody Award-winning American singer-songwriter and actor , Wang Lee Hom, achieved highly recognized success in Taian, Mainland China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Thailand andthe rest of Southeast Asia. He introduced "chinked-out" music, a genre heavily influenced by traditional Chinese music. Although he did not begin learning Chinese until he was 18, Wang is now fluent in Chinese in both speaking and writing and has written many Chinese lyrics for his songs. He plays over 10 musical instruments and these include piano, drums, guitar, bass, violin, vibraphone, erhu and zun. While in Kuala Lumpur to promte his 12th album, Gai Bian Zhi Zi (Change Me), Wang Lee Hom had said that he wanted to spread the message of conserving the environment especially to youngsters through his latest album. Wang Lee-Hom Wang had attended Jefferson Road Elementary School, Pittsford Middle School, then later Pittsford Sutherland High School in the town of Pittsford

A Chinese Song: The Shepherds Of Ke Ke Tuo Hai 可可托海的牧羊人

So, Ke Ke Tuo Hai 可可托海 or Koktokay is the name of a place in Xinjiang, China. Wang Qi's song 可可托海的牧羊人 The Shepherds Of Ke Ke Tuo Hai about a man pining for a woman is set in such a vast and beautiful backdrop . As the title of the song indicates, the man is a shepherd. The vocation of the woman however isn't really clearly stated but a source claims she is a beekeeper. The shepherd would move with his flocks to where the grasses are and the beekeeper would move with her bees to where the flowers are. In this way, they meet and separate at certain seasons of the year; and during the separation, the man yearns for the woman but is informed that she has married another man. The song is rather melancholy and would sometimes make the soft hearted and romantic cry . It is also immensely popular and has been sung in the streets and covered by many singers including Andy Lau, Fei Yee Ching and many others. More Chinese songs... Here are some other versions of the hit so

A Chinese Song: 送别 Farewell Song

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