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Dou Wei (surname Dou; Traditional Chinese: 竇唯; Simplified Chinese: 窦唯; pinyin: Dòu Wéi) is a Chinese musician born October 14, 1969 in Beijing, China. Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Hà nyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n (汉è¯æ‹¼éŸ³, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), often shortened to pinyin (Chinese: 拼音, pÄ«nyÄ«n), which literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese, is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... â–¶ (help· info) or Peking is the capital of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ...
He has a daughter named Dou Jingtong (born January 3, 1997), born to his ex-wife Faye Wong. January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Faye Wong Faye Wong, or Wang Fei (Chinese: 王è²; pinyin: ) (born August 8, 1969 in Beijing, now a Hong Kong citizen) is an extremely popular singer in Asia, especially mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and more recently in Japan and to some extent in the West. ...
Albums
1991 Hei Bao (Panther,黑豹) with the Panther Band
1994 Dark Dreams (黑梦) with the Dreaming Band
1995 Sunny Days (艳阳天)
1998 Mountain River (山河水)
1999 Hallucination (幻听) with the E Band
2000 Rain Sighs (雨吁) with the E Band (not officially released yet)
2003 One Stone, Two Birds (壹举·两得) with the Not Sure Yet Band
2003 Mu Liang Wen Wang (暮良文王) Mu Liang Wen Wang
2004 Story of Flowers in Mirror (镜花缘记) with the FM3 Band
2004 Sanguo Siji (三国·四记) with the Not Sure Yet Band
2004 Eight Fragments (八段锦)
2004 Wuque Liuyan (五鹊·六雁) with the Not Sure Yet Band
2004 Xiang Xiang Sheng (相相生) Mu Liang Wen Wang
2004 Qiguo Shengdan (期过圣诞) with the Not Sure Yet Band
2005 "ShanDouJiShiYe JiRanPinQiGuo" (山豆几石页 & 祭然品气国) Mu Liang Wen Wang
2005 "BaHe JiuSheng" (八和·九生) with Not Sure Yet Band
2005 "ShuiXian GuHou" (水先·后古) with Not Sure Yet Band
DouWei, a moody and creative Beijng musician of his generation, he started out as a lead vocalist of the pop-rock band, Black Panther (Hei Bao) and then left to pursue his own musical direction.
Unlike another well-known Chinese rock star, Cui Jian, DouWei is not that political oriented, but rather focuses on the experimenting of the various music styles, exploration of the different approach to convey the feeling inside, esthetics of music and the influences on one's spiritual consciousness.
Rock singer DouWei (front) is taken away by police officers after setting fire to a car parking outside the office building of the Beijing News, May 10, 2006.
Dou once swore at his co-stars during a performance and is frequently in the news as his ex-wife, retired Hong Kong pop singer Faye Wong, is expecting a second baby soon with mainland soap opera star Li Yapeng.
DouWei is widely recognized as a rock pioneers and has huge influence on new Chinese music.
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