People take photos of stage pictures of Wang Wenjuan, noted Yue Opera artist, at her farewell ceremony at the Shanghai Longhua Funeral Home in Shanghai on Tuesday. Photo: Zhang Hengwei/China News Service, IC Photo

Xi Meijuan, a well-known actress in China, holds a rose as she bids farewell to Wang Wenjuan Tuesday at the ceremony. Photo: Zhang Hengwei/China News Service, VCG

People mourn Wang Wenjuan at the memorial ceremony Tuesday. Photo: Zhang Hengwei/China News Service, VCG

A resident takes photos of an old portrait of Wang Wenjuan with a floral backdrop at the ceremony. Photo: Zhang Hengwei/China News Service, VCG

People line up to bid farewell to Wang Wenjuan at the ceremony. Photo: Zhang Hengwei/China News Service, VCG

Liang Jing (in wheelchair), a 90-year old Yue Opera enthusiast, looks at Wang Wenjuan’s stage photos Tuesday at the ceremony. Photo: VCG

Yue Opera students of Wang Wenjuan mourn their master wearing black cheongsams Tuesday at the ceremony. Photo: VCG

Local residents crowd outside the funeral home Tuesday to remember Wang Wenjuan. Photo: VCG

People show a painting by cartoonist Zhang Weiping, which depicts Lin Daiyun, a character from China’s classical novel “Dream of the Red Chamber” that Wang Wenjuan played, at the ceremony. Photo: VCG

A stage photo of Wang Wenjuan (front) and Xu Yulan (rear) from Yue Opera “Dream of the Red Chamber” in 1962. Photo: Shanghai Pictorial, IC Photo

Cast of the 1962 Yue Opera “Dream of the Red Chamber,” Xu Yulan (rear left), who played Jia Baoyu, and Wang Wenjuan (front right), who played Lin Daiyu, pose for photos in Lu Shan, East China’s Jiangxi province, in 1962. Photo: Shanghai Pictorial, IC Photo

Wang Wenjuan attends a press conference on a retrospect exhibition about her in Shanghai in 2006. Photo: Shi Xunfeng/Oriental Morning Post, IC Photo