Dadawa's going places

When Dadawa first went to Tibet autonomous region in 1994 she was unimpressed by the potholed roads and lack of electricity, but the magical land nevertheless fascinated the Guanghzou girl.

"It seems like I was a born risk-taker," says Dadawa (also known as Zhu Zheqin). "I was raised in a commercial environment, in which people were busy making money and human nature was killed by the intense competition. I always wanted to jump out of it. The trip to Tibet shocked me."

While the singer-songwriter returned to Tibet eight times in the following eight years, she has also traveled to other ethnic regions in the country in search of inspiration. Now, she is tasked with saving local music, which is facing extinction.