At one point the Red House served as a center for the sale of antique calligraphy. Then it was turned into a shopping center, and it attracted a lot of storytellers to perform here for money. Wu Chao-nan, a famous performer of Chinese comic dialogues, got his start performing here.
早期的紅樓曾經是古董字畫的展售中心，後來發展成百貨商場，吸引許多說書人前來賣藝，相聲名家吳兆南當初就在此落腳表演。