His great-grandfather is Feng Guozhang, an early Republic-era warlord and the founder of the Zhili Clique, who once served as the President of the Republic of China between 1917 and 1918.

Feng graduated from Central China Normal University with a master's degree in Chinese Literature.

Feng was considered more talented than many other students of Ma Ji, and eventually emerged as a new star, performing progressively to bigger venues.

Feng is usually one of the first acts of the show; it is said he appears earlier in the program so that he can drive home to Tianjin to spend midnight on new year with his mother.

[4] On October 12, 2018, Feng was elected as the new chairman of the China Literary and Art Volunteers' Association (中国文艺志愿者协会; CLAVA) by its 2nd National Congress.