Three hundred and seventy books—that was the “ticket revenue” Zhu Hongfei, an amateur balladeer, earned from the concert he and his friends organized on April 8 in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province. A gift of a children’s book was the price of admission to the concert.
Over 400 audience members attended the concert. “Everyone was invited to share one of their favorite books, with a hand-written blessing on the first page. These books are gifts for Tibetan kids,” the 44-year-old told Beijing Review.
Zhu is a man of parts and is keenly interested in Tibet Autonomous Region. He is a writer who has published two non-fiction books about Tibet and a mountaineer who reached