STORY: Vision-impaired girl knocking on her piano dream
DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:13
LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
 
SHOTLIST:
1. various of Chen Lin playing the piano
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN LIN, Piano player
 
STORYLINE:
 
13-year-old vision-impaired girl Chen Lin amazed the audience with fast-moving fingers precisely on the keyboard Thursday at a concert held in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province.

"Her fingers were dancing, and her fingers were singing," one audience member said.

Chen Lin was born blind due to cryptophthalmos, a rare congenital eye defect. However, she has found meaning in life by playing the piano. "Though I can't see the world with my eyes, I want to be heard by the world by playing the piano," she said.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN LIN, Piano player
"I have been practicing piano with Teacher Lu Yunming since August 2018. Playing the piano makes me feel happy and fulfilled."
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangzhou, China.
(XHTV)