Migrant worker Zhu Yanjun left audiences in awe as he won the silver medal on China Central Television’s (CCTV) Chinese Poetry Conference, a show that tests its competitors’ memorization and recitation of classical and modern Chinese poetry, on February 3.
On the show, broadcast at 8:00 p.m. every day from January 25 to February 3, Zhu appeared wearing his blue work uniform and a pair of glasses. He was slightly older than most other contestants and spoke with a strong accent often heard in China’s northwestern regions. Following his “podium place,” Zhu told he was nervous in the beginning because it was his first time on television. But once he started answering the judges’ questions, he found his
