Tai Lihua had good looks, a sweet voice and a captivating figure. But a fever had deprived little Lihua of her hearing. At seven, she enrolled in a school for deaf-mutes. A course on rhythmic movement at the school let Lihua feel the rhythm of the elephant-leg drum. She decided to learn dancing. How could she do it without hearing the music? But Tai Lihua executed the most enchanting dancing movements. In 1992 she participated in a dance drama performance in La Scala Theater in Milan, Italy, as the only disabled dancer. She has performed her solo dance, The Soul of the Peacock, in more than 20 countries with the disabled persons, performing art troupe. Fans recognize her as the "little beautiful peacock".

She has a BA from the Hubei Fine Arts Institute.