An important reason for the embryonic form of the romantic scene in the Eight Hutong is that Huiban entered Beijing during the Qianlong period and settled in Hanjiatan and Baishun Hutong in the Eight Hutong. Since then, troupes such as Sixi and Chuntai have successively come to Beijing and stayed in Baishun Hutong, Shaanxi Lane and Litieguai Street among the eight hutongs, so there is a saying in old Beijing: people don't work hard to walk, tigers don't work hard to climb mountains, and singers don't leave Baishun and Hanjiatan.
It can be seen that the eight hutongs are inextricably linked with the formation and development of drama, especially Peking Opera. Because prostitutes were forbidden in the Qing Dynasty, the literati class was good since the Ming Dynasty, and the Huizhou class disciples who came to Beijing were all boys. Among them, the beautiful ones are generally men, and the residence is also a place to teach drama. Every owner's apartment has a house number. For example, Mei Lanfang comes from Yunhe Hall of Zhu Aiyun, Mei Qiaoling runs Jinghe Hall, and Cheng Changgeng ranks fourth.
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Walking in the winding alleys of the Eight Hutong, it's like shuttling through endless sightseeing, passing through the Liulichang separated by Cherry Xiejie and Eight Hutong Street. Although it's only a foot away, it comes to another completely different world. The origin of Liulichang can be traced back to the glazed kiln factory established here in the Yuan Dynasty.
After Yongle, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, moved to Beijing, a large number of glazed tiles and related components were needed for the construction of Beijing. Therefore, on the basis of the original Yuan Dynasty, the scale of glazed tile kiln factory was expanded. For hundreds of years, glazed tile kiln factory has been silently playing an inconspicuous historical role. Even in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the production of glazed tiles moved from here to the Liuliqu in Mentougou, and the glazed tile kiln factory was preserved only by a place name.
Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Eight Hutong