Hello THAT'S ME NA IN THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT I WAS BORN IN ZHIFANG A SUBURB OF WUHAN CHINA IN 1973 WUHAN IS A VERY LARGE CITY NEAR THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY NEXT TO THE FAMOUS CHANG RIVER CYANGTZE IN FACT THE RIVER GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE CITY LIKE THIS LIU IS MY FAMILY NAME NA IS MY GIVEN NAME IN CHINA THE FAMILY NAME COMES FIRST LIU NA BUT CHILDREN IN CHINA ARE HARDLY EVER CALLED BY THEIR REAL NAMES ALL CHILDREN ARE GIVEN NICKNAMES THE TRADITION BEGAN THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT WAS THOUGHT THAT BAD LUCK AND SPIRITS COULDN'T FIND YOU IF YOUR TRUE NAME WAS NEVER SPOKEN OUT LOUD SO EVERYONE IN WUHAN CALLS ME QIN IT MEANS PIANO A CHINESE PIANO LOOKS LIKE THIS AFTER MY LITTLE SISTER WAS BORN MY NICKNAME CHANGED TO DA QIN BIG PIANO AND MY SISTER'S WAS XIAO QIN CLITTLE PIANO I think my life in China was pretty ordinary
Wuhan China SEPTEMBER 9 1976 MY MOTHER WOULD TAKE US TO THE YELLOW CRANE TOWER EVERY SPRING THAN LI BAI
