Curtain call!

Peking opera master Mei Baojiu (fourth from right) and his troupe thank the audience for coming to the Kennedy Center in Washington on Wednesday to enjoy classic plays of the Mei School, including The Goddess of Heaven Scatters Flowers, Lian Jinfeng: Pierce of Mussel, Resisting Jin Troops, Farewell My Concubine, and Drunken Beauty. The event was to mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of his father Mei Lanfang. Photo by Liu Chang / China Daily