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In this Saturday, May 13, 2017, photo, Zhao Hailong puts on makeup for his lead role in the Peking Opera classic "Farewell My Concubine" at a theater in Beijing. When Zhao Hailong was a teenager he played a small role in the award-winning film "Farewell My Concubine," the story of the life-long friendship between two men who met as apprentices in China’s famed Peking opera. Today, he is the lead on stage in the Peking Opera classic of the same name. (AP Photo/Louise Watt)
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Young participants look at a performer during a Peking Opera summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House in Beijing, China Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. The two-day summer training course was held to attract the public to the Chinese traditional performance. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Face painted school children strike a pose during a training at Peking Opera summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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School children practice a traditional Peking Opera performance during a summer holiday camp. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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A girl is applied a makeup before a training at Peking Opera summer camp. The two-day summer training course was held to attract the public to Chinese traditional performance. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Children wearing Peking Opera makeup on their faces, wait for a training at Peking Opera summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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A girl is applied a makeup before a training at Peking Opera summer camp. The two-day summer training course was held to attract the public to Chinese traditional performance. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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School children strikes pose to learn Chinese traditional Peking Opera during a summer holiday camp. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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School children strike a pose as they learn Peking Opera during a summer holiday camp organized by the Peking Opera House. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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A girl is applied a makeup before a training at Peking Opera summer camp organized by the Peking Opera House in Beijing, China Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
