Sa Dingding
Zhou Peng (周鹏, born 27 December 1983), known professionally as Sa Dingding (simplified Chinese: 萨顶顶; traditional Chinese: 薩頂頂; pinyin: Sà Dǐngdǐng), is a Chinese folk singer and songwriter. Her ethnicity is Han Chinese, and she has Mongol ancestry, a mixed descent of Han Chinese and Mongol, 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.
Sa Dingding

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- Nationality
- People's Republic of China.
- Occupation
- singer, songwriter and composer.
- Fields
- pop, new age and world.
- Education
- No. 1 Middle School Pingdingshan and College of Military Culture at the PLA National Defense University.
- Languages
- Chinese.
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Zhou Peng (周鹏, born 27 December 1983), known professionally as Sa Dingding (simplified Chinese: 萨顶顶; traditional Chinese: 薩頂頂; pinyin: Sà Dǐngdǐng), is a Chinese folk singer and songwriter. Her ethnicity is Han Chinese, and she has Mongol ancestry, a mixed descent of Han Chinese and Mongol, 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.
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Sa Dingding (born 1979) is a composer, singer and songwriter, of Chinese nationality. The composer was born in Pingdingshan.
The work spans new age, new age music and pop, among others. Languages used include Chinese.
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Early life and education
Early life and education
Sa was born in Pingdingshan, Henan, on 27 December 1983. 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
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, at the age of 25, 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". Sa 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 Sa have collaborated on an album Deep China. Sa has appeared at the 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, Sa contributed the vocals for the second track, entitled "Dátǎjiādá" (达塔伽达). Her January 2010 album was Harmony (天地合), with nine songs in Chinese. The album also contains three remixes of the title track, one by Paul Oakenfold. In 2018, Sa starred in the hit fantasy romance drama Ashes of Love, portraying the Immortal Yuanji.
Interviews
Interviews
"Freedom is the first thing I learnt from Music" Laptoprockers, December 2008 Sa Dingding interview Archived 2 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine from Global Rhythm magazine, August 2008
News articles
News articles
"Sa Dingding: China's New Age chanteuse" CNN "Made in China: the singer poised to sweep the globe" The Independent Sa Ding Ding, the Asian Bjork. The Times The Guardian, Friday March 28, 2008 Biography from Universal Music Biography at Livedoor.com (Japanese) "Why Sa Dingding has China in her hand" The Daily Telegraph, 18 July 2008
Sa Dingding, Ding Ding
Discography
Albums Dong Ba La (咚巴啦) (2001) Alive (万物生) – Universal Music, Wrasse Records (2007) Harmony (天地合) (2010) The Coming Ones (恍如来者) (2012) Wonderland (幻境) (Remix Album) (2014) The Butterfly Dream (庄周梦蝶集) (2015) Singles "Qin Shang" (琴伤) – Wrasse Records (2008) "Tiandi Ji"/"Ha Ha Li Li" (天地记) – Universal Music Group (2009) Soundtracks Theme song of 14 Blades (锦衣卫) "Upwards to the Moon" (左手指月) (2018) – Ashes of Love "Unsullied" (不染) (2018) – Ashes of Love "When Meeting You" (当遇见你) (2020) – Skate into Love "If You Come Back" (如若归来) (2021) – The Long Ballad "As You Wish" (2022) – The Blue Whisper
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q257889: Sa Dingding
Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
- “Sa Dingding”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Excavation Report on the Dingding Gate, Chinese Archaeology, 2006
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2006
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- 1.Sa Dingding: China's New Age chanteuse. CNN. 23 September 2008.
- 2.2011快乐女声评委:萨顶顶.
- 3.BBC – Awards for World Music 2008 – Asia/Pacific , broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Four television.
- 4.Floating like a butterfly. China Daily.
- 5.惊!这些名人都是咱河南的. Zhengzhou Wanbao. 12 November 2015.
- 6.Steward, Sue. Why Sa Dingding has China in her hand. Daily Telegraph. 19 July 2008. 0307-1235.
- 7.Nan, Chen. Acclaimed singer who is a stranger in her own land. Daily Telegraph. 21 December 2015. 0307-1235.
- 8.BBC – Awards for World Music 2008 – Winners , broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Four television.
- 9.Sa Dingding Official English Site.
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Excavation Report on the Dingding Gate, Chinese Archaeology, 2006Crossref registry
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