Lao She adopted the writing method of telling stories with characters, and changed from prosperity to decline through Yutai Teahouse. Teahouse is a one-act play, but it shows the changes of events in different periods. By depicting the tragic fate of the little people, the theme of "three times of destruction" is embodied, and three periods (late Qing Dynasty1early autumn of 898; In the early years of the Republic of China, warlords scuffled after Yuan Shikai's death; /kloc-War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression ended in the 1940s, on the eve of the civil war) to show the historical changes of China in the last half century after the end of 19. This kind of "historical summary" with a considerable time span is generally popular among contemporary writers. For the expression of this grand theme, the author chose the trajectory that his own life experience and artistic experience can control. He chose to start with the life changes of "profile" and "little people" and limit his performance to the "small society" of teahouse. Instead of adopting the central plot and the conflict that runs through the whole drama-the common structural model of contemporary drama, Li Jianwu's speech in Talking about Laoshe Teahouse was adopted. Literary newspaper, 1958, 1. ) innovative forms. Many characters are placed in scenes showing the characteristics of different times. These characters participated in the "three religions and nine streams" of the civil society: the owner and waiter of the teahouse, the favored eunuch, the social scum through the matchmaker, the capitalist who took the road of saving the country through industry, the old and new spies, thugs, storytellers, fortune tellers, deserters and kind workers ... Among them, Master Chang, Wang Lifa and Qin run through the whole play. Their personalities and life paths are different. The "standard-bearer" is often an honest and frank grandfather who refuses to be soft all his life; Qin set up a factory and opened a bank, which was ambitious; Wang Lifa, the shopkeeper, "greeted everyone and bowed": But in the end, everyone had no choice but to pay their own respects. "I didn't do anything immoral or unnatural. Why don't you let me live? " "I love our country, but who loves me?" -The sad mood in the play, the characters' confusion and despair about their own destiny, reveal some paradoxical meanings related to modern history.
The narrative motivation of Lao She's Teahouse comes from his strong desire to establish a modern nation-state and his strong hatred of unjust society. The contrast between the old and the new society is not only his method of constructing his works, but also his view of history. His familiarity with the social life in the "old times" in Beijing, his sympathy for the fate of ordinary people, his gentle humor and his tearful smile made this work continue the profound humanistic tradition in Lao She's creation. (Part from the textbook)