Memorial service held for cross talk artist Jin Bingchang (1/3)

Cross talk artist Yang Zhenhua (2nd R) attends a memorial service for his old partner Jin Bingchang, a cross talk artist who died of heart failure at the age of 82 on Jan. 5, in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 7, 2013. Born in 1931 in China's capital Beijing, Jin took artist Yang Haiquan as his teacher in 1957 and learned cross talk from him. Jin created and performed many famous cross talk works during his long career. (Xinhua/Li Gang)