Yang Wei Linghua

Biography

Yang Wei Linghua is a Chinese singer of Mongolian descent, born on December 20, 1980, in Ejin Horo Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia. She is the lead vocalist of the duo "Phoenix Legend" (凤凰传奇). Her name means "clouds of the sky" in Mongolian and is not a family name. She grew up on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia and was hailed as a new-generation "Wulan Muqi." Before her music career, she worked as an appliance salesperson in her hometown, then moved to Guangzhou and later Shenzhen, where she worked as a dancer at the "Golden Age" entertainment venue. There she met Zeng Yi, and the two eventually formed their singing duo. Her voice is described as passionate, powerful, and evocative of the Mongolian steppe, carrying strong emotional appeal. She placed seventh in the 11th National Young Singers Television Grand Prix in 2004. She married Xu Mingzhao, CEO of a entertainment company, in 2011 after a seven-year relationship, and gave birth to a child in 2014.