Sa Dingding
Sa Dingding (, born Zhou Peng (), on 27 December 1979) is a Chinese folk singer and songwriter. She is of mixed Han Chinese and Mongol ancestry, and sings in languages including Mandarin Chinese, English, Standard Tibetan, as well as an imaginary self-created language to evoke emotions in her songs. She also plays traditional instruments such as the guzheng and morin khuur. Early life and education. Sa was born in Pingdingshan, Henan. She became interested in Buddhism and taught herself Tibetan and Sanskrit. Later, at 17, she moved to Beijing, to study music at the People's Liberation Army  Academy of Art. Career. At age 18, she released her first album entitled "Dong Ba La" under her birth name Zhou Peng, gaining her the title of China's Best Dance Music Singer In 2006, "Holy Incense" was used as the theme song for the movie "Prince of the Himalayas", directed by Sherwood Hu. In mid-2007, she released "Alive", available physically and as a download in many countries. The Hong Kong release of the album featured a DVD containing music videos, a remix of "Alive", making of footage and a Chinese version of "Mama Tian Na", not featured on the  album. In 2008, she won the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music for the Asia-Pacific region, earning herself the chance to perform at the Royal Albert Hall to a Western audience. In the same year, she also released a two track single called "Qin Shang". Dingding composed a song with Éric Mouquet of Deep Forest called "Won't Be Long" to raise funds for disaster relief after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The song was made available on Mouquet's Deep-Projects website. Mouquet and Dingding have collaborated on an album "Deep China". Dingding has appeared at World of  Music, Arts and Dance and the Harrogate International Festivals in the UK. On 6 October 2008, her official English website was updated with information about a European tour, going from 7 to 17 November, making stops in Germany, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Las Palmas, Australia and New Zealand. For Chinese composer He Xuntian's 2008 album, "Tathāgata," Dingding contributed the vocals for the second track, entitled "Dátǎjiādá" (). Her January 2010 album was "Harmony" (), with nine songs in Chinese. The album also contains three remixes of the title track, one by Paul Oakenfold. In 2018, Dingding starred in the hit fantasy romance  drama "Ashes of Love", portraying the Immortal Yuanji.