黄梅县老艺人对黄梅采茶戏形成的年代，有3种说法：一是起源于唐代，根据有2点：1．黄梅艺人拜师铺堂（办拜师酒叫铺堂）时，要用红纸写上“唐王敕封铁板桥风火院田郭窦老郎之神位”，两边写“清盲童子，鼓板郎君”的对联。有人说：“田、郭、窦是采茶戏小生、小旦、小丑的祖师 Huangmei old artists on the Huangmei tea-picking play the era, there are three kinds of argument: First, originated in the Tang Dynasty, according to two points: Huangmei entertainers visit Shitou Church (Office of the Shui wine shop), use red paper to write “Tang Wang Feng Feng iron bridge wind and fire hospital Tian Guolang Lang’s God”, both sides write “blind boy, drum plate Lang Jun ”couplet. Someone said: "Tian, ​​Guo, Dou is a tea picking niche, Xia Dan, clown’s founder