Liu says that his mother was born loud and strong. At the age of 93 she would walk up stairs faster than teenagers. When she sang at a Hakka folk song competition at the age of 95, her voice was as sonorous as a church bell and she ended up taking first prize.
劉興欽說，她的母親天生一副大嗓門，九十三歲爬樓梯，速度之穩健不輸給年輕人；九十五歲唱起山歌聲若洪鐘，還得過冠軍。