Peking Opera performance in Washington popularizes Chinese art (1/8)

Mei Baojiu, Peking Opera artist and son of Chinese theater legend Mei Lanfang, takes curtain calls with actors and actresses after performance at the Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. Aug. 27, 2014. The contemporary artistic descendants of China's Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang Wednesday evening staged a gala performance at the Kennedy Center in Washington, bringing people a chance and an access to understand and enjoy the ancient Chinese opera art. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)