Ching Shan (青山) by Fung Lan Yong

A stroll down memory lane with evergreen singer Ching Shan ( 青山 ) by Fung Lan Yong fungyong58@gmail.com February 21, 2019 Debonair Taiwanese singer Ching Shan  ( Qing Shan 青山 ), whose real name is Tsan Tie Yueh , was born in Zhejiang in eastern China that is famed for its picturesque West Lake, quaint water towns, historic districts and pristine waterways fed by the Grand Canal.   Born on 9 February 1945, the year of the rooster, he humorously referred to himself as a ‘senior rooster’ at a recent concert.   Since the 1960s, he has endeared himself as an icon in the Mandarin music scene and his golden hits are still sung by various entertainers today. The foundation of post-war Taiwanese music was primarily created by Ching Shan and his peers, whose pop songs differ from those in Japan or China.   They adopted music elements from surf rock and soul, thus creating a new genre of music ch...