Zhang Junqiu,Extraordinary Female Impersonator

ZHANC Junqiu,72,is a ve-teran artist of Peking opera,renowned for his portrayalof female roles of the demure type.At the celebration of the 200th an-niversary of Peking opera in 1990Zhang,then 70 years old,performed the role of Sun Shangxiang,a newly-wed princess of the ThreeKingdoms Period(220-280)As early as 1919 Mei Lanfang,afamous Peking opera artist。