Teresa Teng,Jay Chou aijing

Some say music is the food of our soul. No matter where it came from, music is what motivates and inspires people from generations to generations.

From Li Jing Hui in the 1920s, Maoist music in the revolution era (around the time of China’s second war with Japan); Teresa Deng in the 1970s reform era; Cui Jian in the late 1980s (at the time of Chinese student movement) to the present day Jay Chou obsession, the Chinese pop music culture really takes on a more universal form, historical epic, and many artists would set against a century of Chinese social and political turmoil.

Teresa Teng was born in a small town in Yunlin County in Taiwan. Coming from a military family, Teresa’s parents escaped from Heibei, China, right before the Communist Part took control in late 1940s. As a teen, Teresa won countless music awards and performed at various music events. With the support of her family, she dropped out of high school to pursue her music career. When talking about Teresa Teng, a professor at USC says "It was the sweetness in her voice that made her famous. She had a perfect voice for folk songs and ballads, and she added traditional folk song styling into Western-style composition.”

Teresa sang in France during the 1989 Student Movement on behalf of the students and announced her support for democracy. On May 27^th of that year, 300,000 people attended the “Democratic Songs Dedicated to China” concert in Hong Kong. One of the songs she performed was “My Home is on the Other Side of the Mountain.” Teresa performed in many countries throughout her lifetime; however, her wishes to perform in Mainland China never came true. She died on May 8^th 1995 at the age of 42.