Wearing Hanfu and sitting in front of a Chinese zither (筝), Peng Jingxuan, a young Chinese student, moves her fingers gently along the strings on a street in Paris, France.
Peng has shared more than 200 (origin) videos online, with the most popular one featuring the theme song of the movie A Chinese Ghost Story viewed over 16. 61 million times, "I love how she's representing her culture in a (set) where people are not familiar with it. You can tell she's proud of her background and her music," one of her fans commented.
Chinese zither(筝),or guzheng, is an ancient musical instrument with 21-26 strings and a length of 1.63 meters, Peng (fall) in love with it when young and has been practicing it for years. Hardly finding Chinese instruments (play) on the streets in Paris, she took along her guzheng began her street performances to sharpen her skills. The more she performed, the more she felt a greater sense of responsibility (spread) Chinese music and culture.
Considering her audience's (unfamiliar) with Chinese songs, Peng made adaptations, for she received positive responses. She also performed Western pop songs that local people could relate , entertaining them with beautiful melodies in a (refresh) style.
