Beijing, China. 3rd May, 2016. Teachers and students from National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts pay their last respects to Mei Baojiu at Babaoshan Funeral Parlor, Beijing on May 3. Mei Baojiu (29 March 1934 ¨C 25 April 2016) was a contemporary Peking opera artist, also a performer of the Dan role type in Peking Opera and Kunqu opera, the leader of Mei Lanfang Peking Opera troupe in Beijing Peking Opera Theatre. Mei¡¯s father Mei Lanfang was one of the most famous Peking opera performers. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Live News
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May 3, 2016 - Beijing, Beijing, CHN - Beijing CHINA - May 3 2016: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY. CHINA OUT ) Teachers and students from National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts pay their last respects to Mei Baojiu at Babaoshan Funeral Parlor, Beijing on May 3. Mei Baojiu (29 March 1934 ¨C 25 April 2016) was a contemporary Peking opera artist, also a performer of the Dan role type in Peking Opera and Kunqu opera, the leader of Mei Lanfang Peking Opera troupe in Beijing Peking Opera Theatre. Mei¡¯s father Mei Lanfang was one of the most famous Peking opera performers. Mei Baojiu was the ninth and youngest child of Mei Lanfang. For this reason, he was called Baojiu, since in Chinese, jiu means nine. Mei Baojiu was the master of the second generation of M¨¦i School descendant, he was also Mei Lanfang¡¯s only child who is now a performer of the Dan role of the Peking Opera. (Credit Image: © SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire)