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The teahouse, located on the southwest of Tiananmen Square, is named after Lao She, a renowned writer known as 'people's artist'. Lao She's Teahouse is one exciting cultural place at Qianmen off the main tourist itinerary. one can have a kaleidoscopic view of Beijing culture while sipping tea with light refreshment. |
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Today the teahouse has become a comprehensive cultural enterprise which blends Chinese opera, food , tea , and Beijing culture , and which features various forms of teahouses found in old Beijing, such as the plain teahouse, the teahouse-restaurant, the roadside tea stall, and the teahouse with story tellers. |
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The three-story teahouse has a business area of 2,600 square meters. The Qianmen Sihe Teahouse on the second floor follows the layout of Siheyuan (Quadrangle Dwelling) in Beijing, and combines the styles of north and south China. Whereas the main house follows the traditional style, the wing rooms are of varied designs, blending traditional art and modern technology. In the east of the third floor is the ‘Big-bowl Tea’ Restaurant, which offers old-Beijing cuisine, specially fashioned tea-accompanying dishes, and 'tea banquet'. Lush grass and singing birds add to its natural gracefulness and liveliness. |
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Every day, in the theatre on the third floor you may watch performances of traditional folk arts, such as Peking opera, folk shows, acrobatic, magic, and face switching. A highlight is the tea pouring acrobatics of the waiters. The waiters masterfully pour tea from a very long spouted tea pot into a small tea cup, which is always greeted by much applause. The shows are accompanied by such refreshments as famous kinds of tea, court and local snacks, and Beijing-style delicacies. |
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Since its open, Lao She Teahouse has received 47 foreign leaders, wives of ambassadors from over 40 countries, a number of celebrities, and over 3 million tourists from home and abroad. It has become a special window to Chinese culture and a tie of friendship between China and other countries of the world. Making a reservation in advance is a must, especially on weekends. Category: Restaurant, Night Life, Chinese Cuisine, Tea House, Local Food, |
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Beijing Tianqiaole Teahouse is located in No. A1, Beiwei Road at Xuanwu District. Its preexistence is Tianle Theater, which was built in 1933. In 1992, it was repaired and reopened to the out world. The tourists can see the daily life under folk custom culture of Beijing in the past. And can experience the grand occasion of "Lots of the tourism forget their family when they are placed in the grand occasion of Tianqiao market that wine flag is flying in the sky and the drama drum is beating". |
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The total construction acreage of Tianqiaole is 1,300 square meters. It can receipt more than 180 persons to watch the drama, eat the meal and drink the tea. There are 24 square round tables in the hall of first floor. It has elegant surroundings and comfortable seats. There are 9 balconies round corridor on the second floor which is quite unique and full of the traditional nationality building style. You can see that the waiters in the hall is conducting the guest to the seats, the are playing their towels. The actors that wearing the folk dress act as the waiters. You may feel yourself be in the surroundings of the Beijing folk traditional culture when in enjoy the marvelous integrative programs that are composed of drama, acrobatic, martial art and folk art. |
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Tianqiaole Teahouse, which is combined with the custom culture, food culture and tea culture, has receipted hundreds thousand of the tourists in the world till now. The former US president, Nixon, wrote "It is the most excellent performance that I have enjoyed in my life" when he watches the performance in Tianqiaole Teahouse. Moreover, Tianqiaole also receipted the head of dozens countries and more than one hundred embassies resident in China. Only from the year 1997 to now, there are hundred thousand Japanese tourists who paid a visit here. It has become a window to propaganda Beijing custom cultures and art to the out world. |
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Tianqiaole Teahouse is aimed to carry forward China traditional custom culture, accelerate the culture exchange of the domestic and abroad. It has built up a "bridge in heaven" cross the tourist in domestic and abroad and the foreign friends in the process of digging, collecting and developing Beijing custom culture art. Add: No. A1, Beiwei Road at Xuanwu District, Beijing city. |
