Jampa Tsering (Tibetan: བྱམས་པ་ཚེ་རིང་, Wylie: Byams-pa Tse-ring; Chinese: 强巴次仁; pinyin: Qiángbā Cìrén) was a Chinese singer and dancer. He is of Tibetan ethnicity. Born in Lhasa in the early 1960s, Jampa Tsering became famous in the late 1980s and early 1990s, releasing an immensely popular album, Gnas mchog gi glu dbyangs (Songs of the Holy Land), including songs such as "Aro Khampa" ("Hey, Khampa"); "Ngai tsewai Lhasa" ("My Beloved Lhasa"); and "Cha chig yinna samchung" ("I Wished, If Only I Was A Bird"). Jampa Tsering died in a car crash in 1997. * v * t * e