Nanyin takes to big stage at BRICS Summit

Cai Yayi doesn't like publicly performing her beloved music. Rather, Cai said, "I play with it and have fun with it".

"It shouldn't be deliberately shown on stage," said Cai, 37.

Instead, Cai has held her nonprofit salon on Nanyin, an ancient music genre from East China's Fujian province, every week since 2014 in Xiamen. Cai, who learned about Nanyin as a child from her mother, said it also represents an emotional attachment to her homeland.