What is the origin of the teahouse in Lao She's former residence?

Lao She's former residence is located at No.0/9 Fuyu Hutong, dengshikou West Street, Dongcheng District. Lao She lived in ten places before and after the liberation of Beijing, nine before and one after the liberation. The tits of Shengfeng Hutong? 10 (now Fengsheng Hutong, West Street, dengshikou 19) is the place where he lived after liberation. Mr. Lao She lived here for the longest time until his death, reaching the age of 16, with the most brilliant achievements in his life.

Teahouses, also known as teahouses, teahouses, tea rooms, tea houses and tea shops, are an important part of the extension and amplification of tea culture, and in layman's terms, they are places where people drink tea. It is said that the earliest teahouse form-tea stall appeared in the Eastern Jin and Yuan Dynasties, and there were tea sheds for people to drink tea and stay in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. After the Tang Dynasty, the industry and commerce developed, the floating population increased, tea shops appeared, and teahouses and teas quickly spread all over the country.

From the teahouse, we can find the characteristics of the times and culture in different historical periods as the gathering place of the bottom people in society. In the late Qing Dynasty, tea drinkers in Yulong Teahouse could drink tea first and then pay, or drink tea first and then pay, which shows that the business of the teahouse is acceptable. However, suddenly one day, someone handed a note to a tea drinker, which read: Don't talk about state affairs. Everyone's face suddenly changed color, deeply feeling that this leisurely teahouse is no longer "all is well". Since then, people have been receiving such notes, and the notes are getting bigger and bigger. In the last few years, the big note was accompanied by a small note: pay for tea in advance. It shows that the business of the teahouse can't make ends meet, or that people's hearts are not ancient, not as good as before.

I really admire Mr. Lao She's careful observation and description. He took the teahouse as the carrier and wrote it vividly. Watching Teahouse is easy to remind people of the real teahouse. In addition to drinking tea, there was also a snack "carrion noodles" in early Beijing teahouses. People ate "carrion noodles" while drinking tea, which later developed into business and chatting. Old customers in teahouses can get credit, and customers can bring their own tea, so there is no charge for making tea. Of course, the teahouse will prepare some entertainment programs, such as literati, cross talk, opera singers, etc., to entertain tea and kill some time.

Teahouse, written on 1956, is a three-act drama. With his unique creative technique, Lao She containerized more than 70 characters from the late Qing Dynasty, warlords and the Republic of China into Teahouse in less than 50,000 words. Parliamentarians, directors, veterans, artists, fortune tellers, and people from all walks of life are all displayed in this 30-square-meter teahouse. First of all, the scene of Yutai Teahouse written by Mr. Lao She is amazing: the young and old with caged birds, the fairy who tells fortune in the dark, the expert who sells ancient jade, and the unscrupulous person who plays cricket. You sing and I come on stage, making a teahouse very lively. As can be seen from the play, there were many teahouses in Beijing in the late Qing Dynasty. By the time warlords scuffled in the Republic of China, most of them were closed, and only Yulong Teahouse barely supported them. However, Wang Lifa, the owner who runs a teahouse for a living, had to rent the house. Seeing that the teahouse was in turmoil for 30 years, Wang Lifa, who was desperate, took a belt and hanged himself on the beam of the teahouse all his life.