Deyunshe

Deyunshe (Chinese: 德云社), formally Beijing Deyunshe Culture Communication Company Ltd., is a Chinese xiangsheng organization and folk art performance group based in Beijing, established by comedians Zhang Wenshun, Guo Degang and Li Jing in 1995.

[2] On July 3, 2011, Deyunshe inaugurated a new form in the Beizhan Theatre, by using the dialects dramas and comic dialogues to interpret the cross talks of various styles from the Qing dynasty to the Republic of China.

Xiangsheng (Cross talk), which has been one of the most popular Chinese verbal performance art since its emergence during the Qing dynasty.

[2] Guo Degang, then in his twenties, believes that cross-talk art needs to return to the theater to survive and develop.

[1] Folk art is inextricably linked to the soil of survival and development, and comedians must approach the audience to gain an interaction.

[5] In the fifteen years, from the Workers' Club to the Zhonghe Theatre; from Guangde Building to Tianqiao Le Tea Garden.

Guo Degang and Zhang Wenshun, Li Jing, Wang Wenlin, Yu Qian and other actors from the Deyunshe not only created the brand of “Beijing Conversation Conference[2]” with painstaking efforts and sweat, but also cultivated outstanding young actors such as He Yunwei, Cao Yunjin, Liu Yuntian (Liu Yi), Qi Yunping, Kong Yunlong, Yue Yunpeng, Zhang Yunlei, Li Yunjie.

Tianqiao Theater is divided into five parts: cultural square, lobby, auditorium, stage and actor apartment from east to west.

Most of the theatre's lighting and audio equipment is made in the United States and Germany, suitable for a variety of performance requirements.

[13] The third floor of the theatre is a special restaurant for the performance group, and also provides convenience for celebrations, conferences and receptions.

Zhangyiyuan Tianqiao Teahouse is located in the former site of the old Beijing New World Amusement Park and opposite the Oriental Hotel.

It is located in Sanlitun, opposite the Yaxiu Market, and adjacent to Sanlitun SOHO in the east, with a business area of 6,000 square meters[15] The first-floor design: the theatre adopts Ming and Qing architectural styles, blue brick paving, surrounded by carved beams and high hanging antique lanterns.

[15] Deyunshe's Xiangsheng works are based on sensitive and controversial social issues,[1] such as cruel competition in the job market, rising unemployment and intellectual property.

[16] This work reflects piracy and intellectual property infringement in contemporary Chinese academic and cultural circles.

[16] In this work, the performer Guo Degang exposed the increasingly exacerbate employment situation and "hidden rules" in the entertainment industry.