Excerpt from the Article  “I was born in 1963, in Liaoning province, northeast China, the youngest of four children. I was an “accident”. My father’s name is Liu Chi, which means “big fire”. He is one of the most celebrated Chinese composers. He named me Ying Ying, which means “firefly”, so I’m daddy’s little fire. I had an amazing relationship with my dad. My mother was a choreographer and later became a painter, and I grew up surrounded by artists. When I was six, my mother, two of my siblings, and I were sent to the countryside, and my older sister was sent to a different place. At the beginning, there were times when we had barely anything to eat, but my mother had a green thumb and quickly learned how to grow food on a small plot of land. We raised chickens, ducks, and pigs, and even had a pet squirrel. I went to school in a simple brick building. There were many intellectuals in the countryside, so we actually had proper teachers.” Read more here…

文章摘錄 「我於 1963 年出生在中國東北部的遼寧省，是四個孩子中最小的一個。我是一個「意外」。我父親的名字叫劉熾，意思是「大火」。他是中國最著名的作曲家之一。他給我起名叫螢螢，意思是“螢火蟲”，所以我是爸爸的小火。 我和我父親的關係非常好。我的母親是一名編舞家，後來成為一名畫家，我是在藝術家的包圍下長大的。 當我六歲的時候，我的母親、我的兩個兄弟姐妹和我被送到了農村，我的姐姐被送到了另一個地方。 剛開始的時候，我們有時幾乎沒有東西吃，但我母親擅長園藝，很快就學會如何在一小塊土地上種植糧食。我們養了雞、鴨、豬，甚至養了一隻寵物松鼠。我在一棟簡陋的磚房裡上學。農村有很多知識分子，其實我們有合適的老師 閱讀更多 這裡…