Why did ancient storytellers have to go to teahouses instead of other places?

Because teahouses are unusual, first, because people who can drink tea in teahouses are generally idle people who have enough time to enjoy life. Second, teahouses are quieter and more cultural than other places. Ancient storytellers needed this kind of atmosphere and audience, so teahouses were more suitable for telling stories than other places.

(1) Ancient storytelling is similar to the current advertising sales. They also belong to communication activities, so we should locate the target audience reasonably. Then the target audience of ancient storytellers needs to be a group of people who live a leisurely life. For the teahouse, most people who come to the teahouse for tea tasting, except a few people who love tea, mostly come to the teahouse to enjoy the influence of tea culture because drinking tea is a relatively comfortable pastime. Ancient storytellers are looking for such a group, they can calm down and listen to their own stories, so ancient storytellers usually set the place as a teahouse.

(2) Apart from the target audience, storytellers choose teahouses partly because they are quieter than other places. And storytelling is a more elegant thing, so it is also harsh on the environment. Stories must be told in a quiet environment. Imagine if the scene was very lively and there was no loudspeaker in ancient times. Storytellers could only let the audience hear their stories with their good voices. If the scene is boiling, the story told by the storyteller will be very interesting and no one will listen.

Ancient storytellers like to spread stories in teahouses because the target audience and environment of teahouses are suitable. The story is told to people who have leisure. Most of the people who come to the teahouse for tea are tea drinkers. They have the mood and time to listen to the stories patiently.