Although age has made him less mobile, he is still consulted by high-ranking officials, leading actors in Peiping opera, writers and artists, and in fact, people from all walks of life.
他不僅在繪畫創作方面，是畫壇公認「五百年來一大千」，就是論起鑑賞書畫一道，他也早已超越「專家」的程度，而蔚然成一大家。平劇名伶郭小莊也是大風堂熱門的話題。「小莊最近從花旦變成老旦羅！」