Listen.

Solo Concert, Chengdu, Sichuan Province. 2010 © Shen Wei

The sound is screechy and loud, echos the entire walkway. I was the only audience, she didn't even know. She was singing a love song, a song for her lover who travels far away. In a sunny afternoon of Chengdu, only this lady singing alone at the coldest corner of the park. I couldn't help but stop and listen. "Please bring me along, please bring me along ..." She sings.