Doing the splits for Fan Lihua Among the characters of traditional Taiwanese opera, the one closest to Sun's heart is that of Fan Lihua-a forthright, passionate heroine who differs from the more usual tragic, suffering roles, and who doesn't become disheartened even in her darkest hour. A character, in short, not unlike Sun herself.
在傳統戲曲的角色裡，孫翠鳳最心儀率真熱情的樊梨花，因為樊梨花不同於其他認命、悲情的苦旦，即使歷經生命的谷底也不洩氣，這與孫翠鳳的個性及人生經驗都十分相近。