Editing Cui Jian (section)

==Early life and education==
Cui Jian grew up in a musical family in Beijing. His father, Cui Xiongji, who died in 2006,<ref>{{cite web|title=崔健痛失慈父选择坚强|url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqylss/2006-08/22/content_670842.htm|date=August 22, 2006|language=zh-cn|work=[[China Daily]]}}</ref> was [[Koreans in China|ethnic Korean]] and a professional trumpet player, and his mother, Zhang Shunhua, who birth in [[Busan]], [[South Korea]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/x/p/2005-11-13/1012895245.html?from=wap|title=图文：第二届亚洲音乐节发布会--崔健|language=zh-cn|work=[[Sina Corporation|Sina Entertainment]]|date=November 13, 2005}}</ref> was a member of the [[China National Ethnic Song and Dance Ensemble]].<ref name="zjw">{{cite book|title=崔健：在一无所有中呐喊|isbn=9787303019618|author=Zhao Jianwei|language=zh-cn|publisher=[[Beijing Normal University]] Publisher|date=September 1992}}</ref>{{Rp|page=106}} He lived with his parents and younger brother Cui Dong in an old two-bedroom apartment within a apartment building near [[Yonghe Temple]].<ref name="cwr" /> Cui Jian spent his childhood at an air force boarding kindergarten due to his parents' demanding work schedules. Their limited proficiency in Chinese contributed to his stutter. Cui Xiongji described the young Cui Jian as possessing "an intense intellectual curiosity about incomprehensible subjects, often engaging in solitary observation and contemplation".<ref name="zjw" />{{Rp|page=106}} Cui Dong said that when Cui Jian was young, his essays were particularly strong, his other academic performance was also quite good, and he was a good student.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ent.sina.com.cn/s/m/2002-08-24/115897154.html?from=wap|title=专访：弟弟崔东眼中的崔健--好学生凶哥哥(附图)|author=Chen Rong|language=zh-cn|date=August 24, 2002|work=[[Information Times]]}}</ref>

Cui Jian followed his father to start playing the trumpet at the age of fourteen. He joined the [[Beijing Symphony Orchestra]] in 1981, at the age of twenty,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Davis|first=Edward L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2rLBvrlKI7QC|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2009|isbn=978-0-415-77716-2|location=London|pages=118}}</ref> became a professional trumpet player of the Beijing Aihe Orchestra.<ref>{{Cite web |title=辉煌时刻；1986年5月9日崔健宣告了中国摇滚乐的诞生_小号 |url=https://www.sohu.com/a/www.sohu.com/a/498256625_121124390 |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=www.sohu.com}}</ref> Yang Leqiang, a former member of Qi He Ban, recalled that during symphony orchestra rehearsals at the time, while others wore crisp suits, Cui showed up in [[slim-fit pants]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Han Xuan|url=https://wap.bjd.com.cn/news/2021/08/03/142839.shtml|title=中国摇滚第一人崔健都60岁了！看上去爱怼人，其实很羞涩|language=zh-cn|work=[[Beijing Daily]]|date=August 3, 2021}}</ref> Cui first heard rock and roll in the early 1980s when professional musician friends smuggled cassette tapes in from Hong Kong and [[Bangkok]].<ref name="wc" /> He spent this period listening to [[Simon & Garfunkel]], [[Bob Dylan]], [[the Rolling Stones]], [[the Beatles]] and the [[Talking Heads]]. He learned to play guitar and began writing music, which he played in cafés and dormitories.<ref name="wwb">{{cite web|author=Rachel DeWoskin|date=January 13, 2010|url=https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2010-01/power-of-the-powerless/|title=Power of the Powerless|work=[[Words Without Borders]]}}</ref> During that era, playing guitar was deemed "hooligan" and "[[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois]]" behavior. In 1983, when Cui Jian went to [[Handan]] for a performance with his troupe, he played guitar one evening. He recalled "the audience was instantly stunned, and one girl immediately burst into tears". That same year, he wrote his first song "I Love My Guitar".<ref name="gmn">{{cite web|url=https://www.gmw.cn/01wzb/2000-02/20/GB/2000%5E1722%5E0%5EWZ1-2027.htm|title=崔健：摇滚十三年|work=[[Guangming Daily]]|language=zh-cn|date=February 20, 2000}}</ref> Zhou Yaping, former [[Timpani|timpanist]] of the orchestra, recalled that Cui could accurately imitate the singing styles of English-language vocalists, or artists like [[Liu Wen-cheng]], which was quite rare at the time.<ref name="ttwz" />