Sichuan cafes besides recreational besides, still be main social room. In old society, photograph of all sorts of people gets together here, disparate industry, of all kinds mass organizations understands prices here, negotiate the business, see goods trade; Firearms of gangdom buying and selling, opium often also undertakes in cafes; The robe brother organizes " dock " also standing is in cafes. These cafes still hold battalion restaurant, inn concurrently mostly. Whenever cold summer vacation, cafes is become again contend for hire a teacher " 6 dried meat battle " battlefield. Can say, all sorts of occupations, treat cafes as all right all right the good place that associate with meets, cafes becomes the one side mirror that the society lives.

The cafes of old society still holds the function that mediates social dispute concurrently. Between close friend neighborhood if appeared dispute, bilateral agreement arrives some cafes " judge which is right " . The person that the cafes on every mediates dispute, appear personally by bilateral party, ask local bigwig to mediate, after both sides attends the adversary of the controversy to pass labial gun have a verbal battle with one time, by pacifier arbitration. Alleged " a piece of table 4 feet, say so that take off to be gotten " . If both sides has each,not be, pay a half payment for tea each; So one party be in the wrong, should admit defeat apologize, the bag pays payment for tea.

The another main function of cafes is to regard social culture as public place of entertainment. Cafes sets Sichuan opera in the evening " play friend " sit sing, common says " encircle and bunt down is roused " . Additional, some cafes set the show activity such as Sichuan dulcimer, storytelling, atonic, money board. Sit the person of cafes is OK the edge drinks tea, appreciation has the quyi program of full-bodied place characteristic by the side of.

Sichuan cafes besides sell tea, still sell candied, cigarette, melon seeds, earthnut to wait fastfood. The cafes after liberating still increased card games, play chess, read see a newspaper, admire the beauty of flowers contest bird, so that sing card to pull OK, see kinescope program wait, content is moderner and moderner, novel, but the function that it regards civilian tradition as social activity field did not change from beginning to end.