An American With ‘Hanfu Fever’

JongMay Urbonya’s given English name sounds the same as her Chinese name: Zhongmei, which means China and America. The 28-year-old was born in China, and later schooled from elementary through high school in the U.S. She has now returned to China and opened her own business. “My parents want me to be a world citizen, and that is who I have grown up learning to be,” she told Beijing Review.

Seeds of passion

Her parents were teachers working in China from 1987 to 2000. Urbonya lived in China until the age of 6. It was in those years that the seeds of love for Chinese culture, especially Chinese dance, were planted.