I've known about DaShan since .... 1998, when I saw my first CCTV CNY performance. He is part of the reason I decided to study Chinese at Peking University. Sure, he was always in character when I saw him perform, but I thought it was just cool. Now I realize its not so cool to speak Chinese, but its a useful skill anyways (especially since I'm working here).
I saw DaShan one day at a Starbucks in Beijing giving an English interview sometime just before the '08 Olympics. My fanboy side was thinking about asking for an autograph or something, but that would be too much. The guy is really tall in real life, no wonder he was so popular here. (strange enough, I saw Yao Ming once at a starbucks in the states, he is sort of hard to miss; just goes to show that if you stay at Starbucks long enough you'll see more than a few celeberties)
I saw DaShan one day at a Starbucks in Beijing giving an English interview sometime just before the '08 Olympics. My fanboy side was thinking about asking for an autograph or something, but that would be too much. The guy is really tall in real life, no wonder he was so popular here. (strange enough, I saw Yao Ming once at a starbucks in the states, he is sort of hard to miss; just goes to show that if you stay at Starbucks long enough you'll see more than a few celeberties)