Brief Introduction of Qiulaoshe Teahouse

Introduction to Teahouse: Teahouse is divided into three acts, with the rise and fall of a big teahouse named Yutai in old Beijing as the background, which shows the social features of Beijing and the life changes of different people from all walks of life during the 50 years from the late Qing Dynasty to the period of Beiyang warlords to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.

Every scene was written in an era, and people from all walks of life in Beijing came out of this big teahouse. The whole drama shows a huge historical picture, which vividly illustrates the inevitability of the inevitable demise of old China and the inevitable birth of new China.

Act I: 1898, the Reform Movement of 1898 failed. One early autumn morning, Yutai Teahouse opened, and the owner Wang Lifa sat on the counter with great interest. Tired of walking the birds, the flag-bearers in twos and threes went into the teahouse to have a rest and drink tea. There are two tea drinkers singing Beijing opera, while the others are looking at the crickets in the jar around the table. The teahouse is full of "don't talk about state affairs" notes. But often grandpa four insists on talking about state affairs.

Act II: The period of warlord scuffle in the early Republic of China. At this time, Yutai Teahouse gradually declined, and Wang Lifa, the owner of the teahouse, actively catered to the trend and implemented improvements, but it was still difficult to maintain. Main players: Wang Lifa, Chang, Liu Mazi, Tang Tiezui, Song, Song Enzi, Wu Xiangzi, Kang, etc.

Act III: After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, Kuomintang agents and American soldiers run amok in Beijing. Kang's mother is discussing going to Xishan to find Kang Dali. Xiaodingbao, who was introduced as a waiter by Pockmarked Liu, also went into the teahouse to talk to the old shopkeeper. They told each other their misfortunes and threw paper money for themselves in tears. At this time, the lights in the teahouse gradually dimmed, while the sunshine in the street gradually lit up.

In the three-act drama Teahouse, there are more than 70 characters, 50 of whom have names or nicknames. The identities of these characters vary greatly. Some of them have been members of parliament, some have been directors of gendarmerie headquarters, some are old people of the Qing Dynasty, some are leaders of local evil forces, some are storytellers, fortune tellers and peasant women. All kinds of characters constitute a complete "social" level.

Teahouse shows the characteristics and culture of the teahouse in each specific historical period through the change of the furnishings of Yutai Teahouse from simple to new and then to simple.

At the beginning, tea drinkers played with birds, tea and insects. Although they were antique, they were all quiet because of the appearance of "detectives" and the note "Don't talk about state affairs". The survival of the "Yutai" in the second act, the renovation of teahouse facilities and the contraction of the scene imply the teahouse's struggle in this increasingly contradictory society.

The bigger the "foreign flavor" in the teahouse and the note "Don't talk about state affairs" written by Zhang Yue, the greater the crisis.

In the third act, not only did you write a note "Don't talk about state affairs" with a large number, but there was also a note next to it: "Pay for tea in advance". This shows that the teahouse has reached the point where it can't make ends meet. "Pay for tea first ... don't talk about state affairs" obviously embodies a causal relationship. Lao She takes the teahouse as the carrier, sees the big from the small, and reflects social changes.

About the author: Lao She (1899- 1966), formerly known as Shu Qingchun, Manchu, Beijinger. 19 18 graduated from Beijing normal university and worked as a primary school principal and a middle school teacher. /kloc-published his first novel, Jason Chung, in 0/923. 1924 went to the Oriental College of London as a Chinese lecturer, and wrote novels such as Lao Zhang's Philosophy, Zhao Ziyue and Erma.

1930 returned to China, taught in cheeloo university and Shandong University successively, and wrote novels such as Cat City, Divorce, Camel Xiangzi and Short Story Crescent Moon. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he presided over the work of the National Anti-Enemy Association of Literary and Art Circles.

From 65438 to 0946, he went to the United States to give lectures and finished the novel Four Generations under One Family. After the founding of New China, he was recalled to China and wrote 23 plays such as Longxugou and Teahouse, and novels such as Under the Red Flag. 195 1 was awarded the title of "People's Artist" by the Beijing Municipal People's Government. During the Cultural Revolution, he was humiliated and threw himself into the lake.