The Children's Chorus of Washington sings popular Chinese folk songs during the group's performances in China. Provided to China Daily

To the accompaniment of traditional Chinese folk instruments guzheng and erhu, the Children's Chorus of Washington sang the popular Chinese folk song, Mo Li Hua, or The Jasmine Flower, in Mandarin.

The performance was well received by the audience in the packed Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing. The next Chinese song, Da Hai Gu Xiang, or The Ocean Is My Hometown, a pop song from the 1980s, got the audience singing along.

This is the award-winning choir's first tour of China. The 11-day trip from July 18 to 28, saw them perform in Shanghai, Xi'an and Tianjin. They did not expect their shows to be so well received by Chinese audiences.

"Once we decided to come to China, we wanted to have some material to connect with the audience here,"says Joan Greogyrk, CCW's founder and artistic director, who is also the show's conductor. "I knew this is the summer vacation season and parents would bring their children to watch some shows. But still, we are very excited to see our shows in China are sold out."

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