In 1983 the Siong Leng Musical Association traveled to Wales for the 37th Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, where Ding's wife Ong Gnat-huah appeared on stage in a black full-length Chinese qipao gown to sing one of Ding's new songs. She won third place in the folk solo category, and her accompanists took fourth place.
一九八三年，湘靈音樂社參加了英國第三十七屆蘭格冷民族音樂及歌唱比賽。賽中，丁馬成的妻子王月華身穿一襲黑色旗袍，演唱丁馬成的新曲《人生如幻》獲得民歌獨唱第三名，合奏部份也拿到第四名。