‘Silence Choir' gives voice to deaf children, opens hearts

China Daily

3rd December 2025

‘Silence Choir' gives voice to deaf children, opens hearts

Youngsters from remote mountainous area overcome hurdles, soar on concert stages

Emotional comeback

The choir's performance at Beijing's Forbidden City Concert Hall in September was an emotional comeback. Out of its 15 members, three, including Yang Weiwei, have been with the choir since 2013. The oldest member is 21, and the youngest is 12.

Before the performance began, each audience member received a printed copy of a handwritten letter from a choir member. Most described themselves as quiet, and almost all expressed a simple wish: to find a well-paying job so their parents would no longer have to work so hard.

"Gratitude — that's the feeling I've received most often from these children," Zhang said. "Even though they were so often overlooked, or even ridiculed — sometimes within their own homes — they remain astonishingly tender, able to sense the heaviness in your heart the moment it arises."

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