A souvenir stamp and coin collection of Peking Opera star Mei Lanfang on stage will be released on December 20, the biggest event to commemorate his memory.

The collection is composed of 11 gold and silver coins, 64 stamps and eight exquisite telephone cards. They will feature ten pictures of the star before his death. Two of the pictures have never been seen by the public before.

The pictures show Mei Lanfang in classic Peking Opera poses. Together, they represent some of the milestone moments in the history of the opera.

The ten photos will be used exclusively in the special collection.

The gold coin of Mei Lanfang The gold coin of Mei Lanfang Mei Lanfang in Farewell, My Concubine (Bawang Bieji) Mei Lanfang in Guifei Intoxicated (Guifei Zuijiu) Mei Lanfang in Return of the Phoenix (Feng Huanchao) Mei Lanfang in Jinshan Temple (Jinshan si) Mei Lanfang in Mulan Joins the Army (Mulan Congjun) Mei Lanfang in Mu Guiying Mei Lanfang in Wedding in the Dream (Sheng si hen) Mei Lanfang in The Unofficial Biography of Taizhen (Taizhen wai zhuan) Mei Lanfang in Wildest Dream of the Hero (You yuan jing meng) Mei Lanfang in Top of the Universe (Yu zhou feng)

(CRI.com December 13, 2006)