He is a singer from Datong, Shanxi, and a real folk artist who has experienced hardships. He has a metallic voice, lightning penetration and extremely rare high notes. He has no chance to receive professional music education. Experts think his vocal method is unscientific. Often eliminated in the first round of competition, and rejected by many professional art groups. But he stubbornly grew up in the vast soil of the people, and his heartfelt simple and natural cry touched countless hearts. In 2004, he won the bronze medal in the CCTV Folk Song Competition, and won the first issue of CCTV's "Avenue of Stars" as the weekly champion and the monthly champion. After that, he quickly became popular and became one of the top ten folk song kings in China, known as the "King of Three Jin, Three High Songs".
A Bao's family lives in the suburb of Datong, Shanxi. He learned a lot of ditties when he was young. Bao said that his first teacher should be Xing Ru, an old artist who played tricks on children in Zhoujiadian. Most colleagues in their thirties know him and call him "Xing Bankuang". The old man is stimulated and will sing for a long time as long as he drinks a little wine. In the past, he often saw him singing in front and the children chasing him in West Street. When he sings, he is particularly involved, his blood is exposed and he works hard. Po says he sings like this now. Although the old man didn't teach him anything, he was deeply influenced by it. The old man has been dead for more than ten years, but his singing style will remain in Po's mind forever. When I was in high school, Po performed everywhere with art groups and troupes. In the 1990s, he began to solo in karaoke bars and bars until he became famous by participating in "Avenue of Stars". The popularity of his voice is mainly due to his unique original singing styles such as "duet" and "playing with children" in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia, forming his own style. "People in the city can't sing my folk songs, and people in the village can't sing pop songs like me."
Po has enterprising spirit, personality, strength and can bear hardships. He said that Po dressed casually and didn't pay attention to diet. He just had something to eat in the noodle restaurant and ate sashimi. Po was born a bitter child. He spared sheep, picked up coal and worked as a loader. It is not easy to achieve what he has achieved today. "Now there are no real original ecological folk songs on the stage, and the original ecological music after artistic processing is more suitable as local folk songs." Bao said that the real original music is the songs that ordinary people hum in their own language when they are at work or at rest, but these can't be put on the stage. In addition, due to the impact of radio and television, the soil for the real original ecological folk songs has disappeared. "Pop songs fill our ears every day. I'm afraid local folk singers can only learn by recording in the future."
Bao said that he hoped to carry forward the local folk songs and let the folk songs of Shanxi, Shaanxi and Mongolia occupy a place in China. He also said that Zhao Benshan has spread the duet in Northeast China to the whole country, and I want to spread our duet to the whole country. Po once said, "I often go to the remote countryside to collect wind." I know that in rural areas, there are more people who have been singing all their lives and are still unknown and even poor. I will give them the most infinite respect and respect for their spirit. That is the soul of the country ... since I can't grow in the field and enter the garden, let me be a lonely lily in the valley. Wild lilies also have spring! " . He added: "If you leave the countryside for too long, you will get rid of simplicity, so you must go back to the countryside and mountains and get close to the most primitive and authentic folk songs.