The Studies Of Space Culture In Teahouse Written By Lao She

In the play Teahouse written by Lao She,the teahouse plays a vital role.This paper tries to start from space theory to analyze how the author makes use of the teahouse to construct the representation meaning of space culture and explore the connotation of teahouse space culture in three levels-living space,social space and cultural space.It tries to demonstrate that the teahouse space in the work is not only a simple background of story development.It also has profound sociality,historic significance and humanity.The teahouse space is an anfractuous social relation field.As a cultural representation of social space,teahouse space is also placed in a field of social politics power competition inevitably.Therefore,it investigates the space in the work in the view of space to explain the display form and function of teahouse in the text and to excavate the teahouse as a miniature of Chinese social culture.During the theme representation of the play of Lao She,it also explores the deep meaning of national culture collective memory,social relations field,space subject transition and hidden order undertaken by teahouse space.Therefore,this paper is in 3 chapters to research the teahouse space of Teahouse in 3 levels.Chapter 1 describes the social space selection,internal space structure and function division of teahouse according to the physical property of space.It also interprets the space according to the text contents and stage form of the play.As a site for business operation,the teahouse will select its site in a place with concentrated population and large population mobility.The internal space of teahouse will also be divided into different divisions according to different functions.The antechamber is for tea drinking and sitting of guests and the back area is kitchen,pantry and other functional areas.Besides background narration of the physical space of teahouse,it builds three-dimensional sense of space of teahouse through the "door","front and back,up and down" and other nouns of locality in the teahouse space.It also combines with the characters' coming on and down,in-front-of-scenes and behind-the-scenes of stage to express the intertextuality between bright and dark,virtual and actual,distinct order and latent power with profound meaning.The teahouse is located in an important location of the play.However,Lao She has few descriptions on the teahouse,which still delivers the romantic charm and connotation of the teahouse.It has a close relation with teahouse as a culture symbol of public space.People's collective memory on teahouse allows Lao She to grasp the culture symbol of teahouse to arouse the memory cognition and emotional resonance of audience.Chapter 2 discusses the life function meaning,social relation function meaning of teahouse and insinuation of national changes in the aspect of public space of social relation communication place.As a public space of people's life,teahouse is open and worldly.Chinese people have a life habit of tea drinking,which is popularized,so teahouse becomes an indispensable place of people in their daily life.With the progress of history,teahouse has more and more functions.Besides normal tea drinking and leisure,theatergoing,song-listening,friends-making and business-doing have also been combined into the teahouse space.The teahouse gathers people from all walks of life and becomes a center of information communication.Teahouse provides a platform of daily life and social communication to people and also becomes a public space for people to discuss on public topics."A large teahouse is a small society." As a part of social life,teahouse is subject to and influenced by social relations.For its peculiarity,it can reflect the true appearance of the society and the changes of national society obviously and rapidly compared with other forms of sites.Lao She shows the increasing turmoil of society and hard life of people through the changes of spatial form of Yutai Teahouse and the identity and destiny of guests in Teahouse.It implies the scorn of high pressure authority class on traditional culture and the plunder of them on free rights of people.Chapter 3 discusses the political power features,peculiar field order and relationship between order subject loss and teahouse space ruin in the aspect of spatial order culture reflected by the teahouse.The space has political meaning.The teahouse space is without exception.It seems that the teahouse refuses to have any relation with politics.However,it declares the presence of politics.The intervention of political power on space is in hidden monitoring.It is also a remote order in spatial order,which is the hidden order of state power.Political power is monitoring everything in the teahouse.Everything which is against with it will be restrained.Traditional customs and the free speaking right are competing with it.As a habitual life site and public space,teahouse has been a collective consensus and traditional culture for a long time.Teahouse has its own field representation.As a stage and a platform,it becomes a place of the public to air their own opinions.Every field has its own order and rules.The teahouse is maintaining its peculiar order culture and shows a near-end order in spatial order,which is the explicit order of teahouse culture.If people want to blend in the teahouse,they must enter the teahouse as a guest.The order and culture of teahouse can only play a role on guests.After entering the teahouse,social identity of guests is weakened as if they are in a"Utopia".And teahouse space has its symbolic meaning.However,when the hidden order of state power becomes close distance direct intervention,policemen,soldiers,officers and capitalists enter the teahouse with their social identity and break the order of the teahouse.The dominant position of the original guests and owner of the teahouse is deprived.Forced by power politics,Yutai Teahouse tries to surrender through "improvement".However,the teahouse is no longer the original one since the subject is driven and the order is damaged.The teahouse and people's rights are both ruined.This paper discusses the teahouse space of Teahouse written by Lao She in 3 levels to understand the composition of teahouse space,teahouse space functions,culture and order connotation reflected by teahouse.It is shown perfectly in the form of a play and works in concert with the substance and connotation that Lao She wants to express through this work.The research on teahouse space also enriches the cultural meaning of teahouse in literature.