Foodservice establishments with names ending with the Chinese character yuan (simplified Chinese: 园; traditional Chinese: 園; pinyin: yuán; literally: "garden"), or yuan zihao (simplified Chinese: 园字号; traditional Chinese: 園字號; pinyin: yuán zìhào; literally: "garden brand") did nearly all their business in hosting banquets onsite. Entertainment was not provided on a regular basis, but there were stages built onsite for Beijing opera performers. Instead of being hired by the foodservice establishments like in the previous three categories, performers at foodservice establishments of this category were usually contractors who paid the foodservice establishment to perform and split the earnings according to a certain percentage. Occasionally, foodservice establishments of this category would be called upon to help cater at customers’ homes, and like foodservice establishments with names ending with the Chinese character ting, they could not do the job on their own but had to work with others, never taking the lead as foodservice establishments with names ending with the Chinese character ting could.
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