Brief introduction to the teahouse: Teahouse is divided into three acts. With the rise and fall of Yutai, a big teahouse in old Beijing as the background, it shows the social features of Beijing and the life changes of different people from all walks of life in the past 5 years from the late Qing Dynasty to the Northern Warlords' period to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
Each scene is written in an era, and people from all walks of life in Beijing are 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 birth of new China.
Act I: In 1898, the Reform Movement of 1898 failed. One early autumn morning, Yutai Teahouse opened, and the shopkeeper Wang Lifa sat on the counter with great interest. The flag bearers in twos and threes, having had enough of walking the birds, went into the teahouse to rest their legs and drink tea. There are two tea drinkers singing Peking Opera, while others are watching crickets in crocks around the table. There are "Don't talk about state affairs" notes everywhere in the teahouse. But often grandpa four insists on talking about state affairs.
act ii: the period of warlord scuffle in the early years of the 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 Siye, Wang Shufen, Liu Mazi, Tang Tiezui, Song Erye, Song Enzi, Wu Xiangzi, Li San, Kang Shunzi, 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 waitress by Pockmarked Liu, also went into the teahouse to talk with the old shopkeeper. They told each other about their misfortunes and sprinkled paper money for themselves with tears. At this time, the lights in the teahouse gradually dimmed, while the sunshine in the street gradually brightened. Extended information
In the three-act drama Teahouse, * * * has more than 7 characters, 5 of whom have names or nicknames. The identities of these characters are very different. Some of them have been members of parliament, some are the directors of the gendarmerie headquarters, some are the leaders of local evil forces, and some are storytellers, fortune-tellers and peasant women. All kinds of characters are formed.
Teahouse shows the characteristics of the times and culture of the teahouse in each specific historical period through the change of "Yutai" teahouse furnishings from simple to new to simple.
At the beginning, although the tea drinkers were playing with birds, tea and insects, there was a slightly antique melody, but because of the appearance of "detective" and the note "Don't talk about state affairs", everything was quiet, which all produced a depressing atmosphere. In the second act, the survival of "Yutai", the renovation of teahouse facilities and the contraction of scenes imply the teahouse's struggle in this society with increasing contradictions.
The "foreign flavor" in the teahouse and the bigger the note "Don't talk about state affairs" written by Zhang Yue indicate a bigger crisis.
In the third act, not only was the note "Don't talk about state affairs" bigger and more numerous, but there was also a note next to it: "Pay for tea first". This shows that the teahouse has reached the point where people can't make ends meet, and "pay for tea first … don't talk about state affairs" obviously reflects a causal relationship. Lao She takes the teahouse as the carrier, sees the big from the small, and reflects the social change.
About the author: Lao She (1899-1966), formerly known as Shu Qingchun, was born in Manchu and Beijinger. He graduated from Beijing Normal School in 1918 and worked as a primary school principal and a middle school teacher. In 1923, he published his first novel "Little Bells", and in 1924, he went to the Oriental College of University of London as a Chinese lecturer, where he wrote novels such as Lao Zhang's Philosophy, Zhao Ziyue and Two Horses.
After returning to China in p>193, he 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 Anti-Japanese War, he presided over the work of the National Association of Literary and Art Circles against the Enemy.
In p>1946, he went to the United States to give lectures, and completed the novel Four Generations under One roof. After the founding of New China, he was called back to China and wrote 23 dramas such as Longxugou and Teahouse and the novel Under the Red Flag. In 1951, he was awarded the title of "People's Artist" by the Beijing Municipal People's Government. In the "Cultural Revolution", he was humiliated and threw himself into the lake.