 The Lao She Literary Award has been given every two to three years starting in the year 2000.It is sponsored by the Lao She Literature Fund and can only be bestowed on Beijing writers.The Laoshe Tea House, a popular tourist attraction in Beijing that opened in 1988 and features regular performances of traditional music, is named after Lao She, but features primarily tourist-oriented attractions, and nothing related to Lao She.