Chengdu is a place to watch plays and drink tea.

Chengdu Xilai Shu Yun Garden, the teahouse of Chengdu traditional theater under Chengdu Xilai Shu Yun Garden Catering Management Co., Ltd., is a full-time traditional opera performance place in Chengdu, located at No.31,a characteristic tourist attraction in Chengdu.

Xilai Shu Yun Garden is a cultural institution integrating Sichuan local traditional folk art and culture, Sichuan tea culture and Sichuan cuisine culture, aiming at returning the essence of Chengdu tourism culture to the general public. It is a professional opera costume photography, business gathering and conference hosting. Xilai Shu Yun Garden adheres to the enterprise development policy of traditional cultural life and professional quality, and with elegant atmosphere and professional performances, it perfectly interprets Sichuan opera "Legend of the White Snake", "Changing Face/Pass", "Rolling Lantern", "Hand Shadow" and "Farewell My Concubine" with Sichuan characteristics for friends at home and abroad every day, creating a unique magic performance art and dream classic performance in Chengdu.

Sichuan Opera is popular in all parts of Sichuan, parts of Guizhou and other provinces in Yunnan. It is a kind of opera that combines five vocal arts: Gaoqiang, Kunqu Opera, Huqin (that is, Pihuang), Tanxi (that is, Bangzi) and Sichuan Folk Lantern Opera.

Sichuan Opera is one of the Han operas in China, which is popular in eastern and central Sichuan, Chongqing and parts of Guizhou and Yunnan. The facial makeup of Sichuan Opera is an important part of the performing arts of Sichuan Opera, and it is an artistic treasure created and inherited by Sichuan Opera artists in past dynasties. Sichuan Opera consists of Kunqu Opera, Gaoqiang Opera, Huqin Opera, Tanxi Opera and Dengdiao.

Sichuan Opera is divided into five industries: Xiao Sheng, Shoujiao, Shengjiao, Huahua and Clown. All walks of life have their own achievement program system, especially the performances of Wen Sheng, Clown and Dan Jiao. There are many outstanding creations in drama expression techniques and performance techniques, which can fully reflect the aesthetic characteristics of China's operas, such as the coexistence of reality and reality and freehand brushwork.

On May 20th, 2006, Sichuan Opera was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Sichuan Opera was once called "Sichuan Opera" in the Tang Dynasty. According to records, in the first year of Yuanhe in Tang Xianzong (AD 806), an absurd political event happened in Sichuan. At that time, there was a man named Liu Pi in Shu, who was a big corrupt official. He collected exorbitant taxes and levies in Shu without restraint, which made the people miserable. As a result, local outstanding people (opera actors) made Liu Pi's works into a drama, which is the famous Sichuan opera "Liu Pi's Buying Responsibility" in history, and prepared to make a voice for the people. However, although the opera was rehearsed skillfully, it never got a chance to perform.

It was not until Liu Pi rebelled against the Tang Dynasty that outstanding people thought that the time had come and began to perform in public. Who knows that the imperial court is fatuous and thinks that this play involves attacking the imperial court, not only sending troops to destroy the theater, but also catching actors to lash out and banish the army. The grievances of these actors made people angry, which laid a deep foundation for the later anti-Tang uprising.

This incident also reflects the important influence of Sichuan Opera. History also records the great influence of Sichuan Opera in China in the Tang Dynasty, and even the situation that "Sichuan Opera is the best in the world" appeared in the whole country. At that time, a famous troupe composed of Gan Manchuan, Bai Jia, Ye Si, Zhang Mei and Zhang Ao appeared in Sichuan, which was also the earliest troupe in the history of China opera. At this time, famous Sichuan opera tracks such as Liu Pi's The Responsibility to Buy, The Inconsistency of Maixiu, The God of Guankou, etc. are popular all over the country.

A man appeared in the Five Dynasties, who pushed Sichuan Opera to the peak in the history of China. At the same time, he is also an emperor who makes future generations laugh and cry-Li (Xu), the emperor of the later Tang Dynasty.

In 923 AD, Li unified the north and established the post-Tang regime, which was called post-Tang Zhuang in history. He loves Sichuan opera very much and his acting skills are good. He has improved a lot in Sichuan opera skills and became one of the two "grandfathers" of Sichuan opera. In the past, Sichuan Opera Troupe has always had the habit of worshipping "grandpa". Before the actor enters the arena, he must pay homage to the portrait of "grandpa" hanging in the background and pray for success. There are two "grandfathers" who are worshipped: a painting with a black and white face and three stripes must wear a dragon robe; The white face of the other painting doesn't need to wear a dragon robe-the former is a famous Tang man who calls himself "the head of the pear garden"; The latter, however, was the late Tang Emperor Li.