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Cheng Zhifan
Cheng Zhifan (; born 1928) is a Chinese diaspora in France, Chinese-French musician, painter, collector, and political activist. She has run for the President of France three times. She has held a number of personal exhibitions in Paris. Her works are collected in the Paris Oriental Museum and the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Biography Cheng was born in Beijing in 1928, to Cheng Shewo (1898–1991), a journalist, publisher, and educator, and Yang Fan (). She has an older sister, Cheng Youshu (1924–2021), a diplomat and poet, and a younger brother, Cheng Siwei (1935–2015), an economist, chemical engineer, and politician. At the age of 11, Cheng was accepted to Shanghai Academy of Music; after graduation, she taught at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. In 1947, Cheng moved to Hong Kong and taught at Hong Kong School of Sacred Music. In May 1951, a French pianist visited China and took her as an apprentice; in November, the pianist took her to Paris. In 1953, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheng (surname)
Cheng can be a transcription of one of several Chinese surnames. Since the syllable ''Cheng'' represents different sounds in Hanyu pinyin and the Wade–Giles systems of Chinese romanization, some ambiguity will exist as to which sound is represented by the letters "Cheng" if the romanisation and tone is not known. Also within each system of romanisation, each syllable can represent one of several different characters, as with any Chinese syllable. In the pinyin system of romanization (usually used in China), the most common surnames romanized as ''Cheng'' are 程 and 成. In 2019 程 was the 44th most common surname in Mainland China. In names romanized in Wade–Giles (usually used in Taiwan), ''Cheng'' is most commonly a transcription of 鄭/郑 (pinyin Zhèng). ''Cheng'' can also be the Cantonese version of Zheng (鄭) and Jing (井), non-standard romanization of Cen (岑), and Teochew or Hokkien pronunciation of Zhong (鍾) and Zhuang (莊). Further confusion ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |