A life of silver linings

After 46 years at the helm of Taiwan's Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, choreographer Lin Hwai-min prepares to pass on the mantle to the next generation, Chen Jie reports.

When Taiwan choreographer Lin Hwai-min paid a visit to India in 1994, an elderly local woman predicted that the then 47-year-old Lin would die at the age of 72.

When he returned home, he found out from his family that he would die at 72 according to his bazi - the eight-character system used in the Chinese lunar calendar based on the specific time of a person's birth.