作为曲艺的室内演出场所,书茶馆简称书馆,是茶馆的一种,听众前来听书兼吃茶。一般专门上演评书,也偶尔演唱大鼓书。清咸丰年间,说书艺人多在明地,以大棚为主。清末,北京广设书茶馆,评书艺人开始由明地进入室内演出。当时北京的书茶馆,以同和轩、东悦轩、庆平轩、天宝轩、天泰轩、森瑞轩、栖凤楼、钟家茶馆八家最负盛名,在上述这些书馆里说书的都是评书名家,听众也以官宦及世家子弟为主。书茶馆多为方形,内设方桌、板凳,条件优越,环境高雅。门外房檐挂有几个半尺余 As the venue for the indoor performance of folk art, the book teahouse referred to as the library, is a teahouse, the audience came to listen to books and eat tea. Generally dedicated staged storytelling, but also occasionally concert drum book. Qing Xianfeng years, more than the storyteller artists to the main greenhouse. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Beijing Guangchuang Shu Tea House, commentary artist began to enter the indoor performance from Mingdi. At that time, the bookstore in Beijing was the most famous among the eight houses of Tonghe Xuan, Dongyue Xuan, Qingpingxuan, Tianbao Xuan, Tiantai Xuan, Senrui Xuan, Xifenglou and Zhongjia Teahouse Is a famous book, the audience is also official and family-based children. Book teahouse mostly square, equipped with square tables, benches, excellent conditions, the environment elegant. Outside the eaves hanging a few more than half a meter