Teahouse refers to the shop where people can make tea and taste tea, also called teahouse or tea shop. Teahouse prospered in the Song Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, it was a place for passers-by to rest. In the Song Dynasty, it became a place for entertainment. The way of tea tasting changed in the Ming Dynasty. After the end of the Qing Dynasty, the tea house industry declined. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, except for the tea houses for the elderly and tourist spots, there was decline. It recovered in the 1990s