19-year-old Tibetan Dechen Chodron, dressed in traditional garb, stands in the middle of the savannah of her hometown and sings "The Daughter of a Mother”. /Xinhua Photo

Dechen was born into a herdsman's family in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gansu Province in 1998. When she was three, she lost her eyesight due to a severe illness. At the age of nine, she was sent to a school for the blind where she learned many Tibetan folk songs and had the opportunity to perform on stage. /Xinhua Photo

In 2014, with the help of the public, Dechen was able to enroll in a school for the blind in Shanghai and was trained by a professor from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. /Xinhua Photo

After graduating, Dechen has been busy in performing on stage all over the country. /Xinhua Photo