Monday, February 22, 2010

My favorite Hakka singer 张少林

I went to a dinner in Serdang on CNY 9th day and my favorite Hakka singer Chong Sau Ling 张少林 was performing. He is 64 years old now.




Below is his beautiful daughter Candy Chong aged 20 doing an ancient Chinese art (变脸)face/mask change.

HONG KONG pop star Andy Lau paid a whopping RM1.3mil to learn the ancient art of mask-changing from skilled masters in China. Until this day, he has yet to master the 300-year-old Chinese dramatic art of changing masks called Bian Lian.

Performers of this fascinating act are able to change masks in quick succession – all in the blink of an eye right before their audiences.

While the art is forbidden to women, local lass Candy Chong has broken the taboo and is making waves in Malaysia with her scintillating mask-changing performances.

And unlike the Hong Kong Heavenly King, the multi-talented 20-year-old took only two months to master the trade before jumping headlong into performing for the multitudes around the country.

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