Although Chen Ming-chang has been called "a legend of Taiwan's popular music" and "a modern Chen Ta," he calls himself "Taiwan's ground mouse" --with a slow-witted expression and sweet-potato breath .... Chen Ta was born in 1904 in Hengchun, a town in southern Taiwan that suffers from poor soil and bitter wind.
陳明章雖被喻為「台灣流行音樂的傳奇」、「現代陳達」，他卻自稱「台灣地鼠」﹘﹘有一肚子鮕呆氣，和滿嘴蕃薯味……。陳達，民國前七年生於南台灣土地貧瘠、落山風橫肆的恆春，抱一把老月琴一生吟唱。