Liu Chunnuan, center, performs at the 14th Peking Opera Festival in New York, on June 7, 2014. Organized by Qi Shu Fang Peking Opera Company, the troupe staged three plays - Fighting at the City Gates, Mistakes among the Flowers, and Lin Chong Flees at Night. Liu played the role of Qin Huaiyu in Fighting at the City Gates. [Gong Wenmo/For China Daily]