A drama showing the traditional culture of China.

One of the dramas that can best express the traditional culture of China is Lao She's three-act drama Teahouse. Teahouse is a drama written by Lao She, a modern writer, in 1956, which shows the social changes in the three eras of the Reform Movement of 1898, the scuffle between warlords and the eve of the founding of New China for nearly half a century. Through a teahouse called Yutai, it reveals the dark, corrupt and bizarre society in China for nearly half a century and all the people in this society. There are nearly 50 characters in the script, besides the teahouse owner, there are also banners who eat the imperial grain, capitalists who run industries, eunuchs among honest officials, priests who believe in foreign religions, poor farmers, spies, thugs, policemen, hooligans, fortune tellers and so on. There are many characters, but their personalities are distinct. They can "recognize people by their voices" and "outline a character in a few words". The whole drama shows a huge historical picture, which vividly illustrates the inevitability of the demise of old China and the birth of new China. Teahouses have become the "housekeeping drama" of Beijing people's art and the most frequently performed drama in China. During the period of 1980, Teahouse was invited to visit and perform in West Germany, France, Switzerland and other countries, which was the first time that China's plays went abroad. Since then, it has gone abroad many times and performed in Hongkong, Taiwan Province and other places.