When the curtains fall after the opening performance, the spectators leap up from their seats and reward the artists with standing ovations. The intensity of the stage presence and the breath-taking acrobatic stunts had captivated young and old.On the following six performance nights of the European Tour 2013 of the Jingju Theater Company of Beijing, the same picture could be observed. It is the grand applause that makes the members of Peking Opera ensemble realize why it was worth to travel such a long way.