Named after a famous Beijing writer, this teahouse stages shows that incorporate several trational Chinese performing arts like magic shows, puppetry, and "Cross Talk". It also includes scenes of Peking Opera. Tea and snacks are served during the show. You don't have to speak Chinese to enjoy the performances.

About Laoshe and his Works

Lao She (February 3, 1899 – August 24, 1966) was a notable Chinese writer. As A novelist and dramatist, he was one of the most significant figures of 20th century Chinese literature, and is perhaps best known for his novel Rickshaw Boy and the play Teahouse. He was of Manchu ethnicity. His works are known especially for their vivid use of the Beijing dialect.

Lao She's original name was Shū Qìngchūn (Sumuru in Manchu). He was born in Beijing, to a poor family of the Sūmuru clan belonging to the Red Banner. His father, who was a guard soldier, died in a street battle with the Eight-Power Allied Forces in the course of the Boxer Rebellion events in 1901. Lao She later recalled, "I didn't need to hear stories about evil ogres eating children and so forth; the foreign devils my mother told me about were more barbaric and cruel than any fairy tale ogre with a huge mouth and great fangs. And fairy tales are only fairy tales, whereas my mother's stories were 100 percent factual, and they directly affected our whole family, during my chiilhood." In 1913, he was admitted to the Beijing Normal Third High School (currently Beijing Third High School), but had to leave after several months because of financial difficulties. In the same year, he was accepted into the Beijing Institute for Education, where he graduated in 1918.

Between 1918 and 1924, Lao She was involved as administrator and faculty member at a number of primary and secondary schools in Beijing and Tianjin. Highly influenced by the May Fourth Movement (1919). He stated his writing career, " May Fourth gave me a new spirit and a new literary language. I am grateful to May Fourth, as it allowed me to become a writer."

From 1924 to 1929He went on writing and the Oriental Studies at the University of London. During his time in London, he absorbed a great deal of English literature and began his own writing. His later novel Two Horses (Ma and Son) drew on these experiences.

In 1929, he left Britain for Singapore, teaching at the Chinese High School. Between his return to China in the spring of 1930 until 1937, he taught at several universities, including Cheeloo University and Shandong University (Qingdao). Lao She's most famous works are Rickshaw Boy (1936) and Teahouse (Cha Guan, 1957). He published many other stories and novels during a prolific career.