She had been a TV actress for years, starring in numerous TV dramas. Her excellent performance was touching and moving, best at interpreting the ill-fated and miserable characters.
But people seemingly forget that Ching-mei Lee was originally a singer. Her singing was unique in style, and her tender voice expressed perfectly the simplicity, implication and true feelings in the Taiwanese songs.
Her truehearted voice, together with the orchestra, created a delicate and elegant style, which was a rarely-seen perfect combo. She sang out the underlying artistry of the Taiwanese songs, like a noblewoman in music.
She mixed acting and singing together, crisscrossing fiction and reality. And her nobility incorporated endless life into the Taiwanese songs, attracting more people to them and expanding this area into a popular culture of the Taiwanese music.
