Tien Shih-lin remembers when he was a kid, audiences in the vaudeville theaters of Tianjin's tea houses would generously cheer on the performers-- "Bravo!"
田士林回憶小時在天津茶樓的雜耍場裡，親身感受到場上與場下互相交流的熱絡，觀眾會不吝嗇地叫「好」，也會不留情地或叫「不要臉」。