Book of Old Tang Dynasty: In July of the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China (780), it was said: "Those who are modest often make food prices as high as Dafeng, without decreasing or increasing. Despite the disaster, people have no food. " From now on, when rice is expensive, you might as well measure official rice and official wheat and pay pedestrians in the two cities a lower price every day to buy goods. "
This "two-city pedestrian" refers to the wardrobe of Mimaihang (or Mimaihang, Maihang) on the east and west sides of Chang 'an in the capital. It can be seen that there are rice and wheat shops (or rice and wheat shops) in Xicheng to deal in grain.
2. Cloth industry
Book of Old Tang Dynasty: In the eighth year of Yuanhe (8 13), in the summer of April, "Xu Bing" paid more attention to money than goods, leaving a warehouse of 500,000 yuan, which made the two companies close their positions and closed the market, and each horse was increased by 10% according to the old estimate.
In ancient times, linen and kudzu fabrics were generally used as cloth, and silk was used as silk, because the name of cloth was used as a material for cutting clothes and articles. There are a lot of fabrics in East and West Cities, which shows that there are famous fabrics in West City.
3. Silk thread
Niu Sengru's Wu Suquan: "When it was introduced to the western market and traveled to the south, it did everything it could." Wen Tingyun's dry film "Wang En": "Today, I raised money in Xishi Silk Bank. "
This is the proof that there is a Silk Road in Xicheng. Silk is a simple raw silk fabric, which is woven by silk horses. Therefore, the silk industry is a company specializing in the production of silk products. Moreover, this silk firm can also "raise money" (that is, pay for goods), which shows that it also operates the loan business.
4. Outer jacket line
Shu Wei's "New Records of Two Cities": the system of "shops in the city are like Rudong" in the western city. There is a coat shop in front of the city government. This "coat" is not clothes in the general sense. Based on this, this "coat shop" should be a "high-end" business that deals in women's wear. It should be in front of USD. Ordinary clothes are sold and bought as clothing stores.
5. Wooden line
Wen Tingyun's "Yao Ganzi Fighting Tour"): "Chongxian has Zhonglang Cao Suixing. When the tree is born (at night), its branches and leaves hinder the court every time ... Please buy it again ... Zhonglang is happy. That is to pay five thousand pence. Discuss cutting down their trees with axe cutters ... in this business. Earn more than 100 times. Its lean meat rate is similar. "
Dou E cut down trees unjustly, "in this trip". This "bank" refers to a timber company that deals in timber. Li is in the southeast, not far away, and Dou's activities are mainly in, so it is inferred that he is a timber company.
6. restaurants
The title "Strange Shadow of Yi Shi": "Qi Gong went to the northwest of the city and entered Fang Jing's new house. ... someone reported sending 100 thousand, and the old man said,' this is from the restaurant. A pill is used to make a jar of wine. "
A hotel is a place to sell and drink wine. There are many western markets. The explanation of "gold market" in Li Taibai Ji is consistent with Mr. Xiang Da's "The Theory of Shitianguan Helping the Family", which means the western city Chang 'an. Restaurants often have workshops, which is a "front shop and back workshop" system. Its "Xicheng flavor" wine must be brewed in Xicheng Winery.
7. Clothing store
Shen Jiji's Biography of Ren Shi: "Zheng Ziyou entered the clothing store in Xishi, and when he saw it, the slave girl followed. Zheng Zikai called the stone man to avoid sideways in the dense crowd. "
This clothing store should be a market selling ordinary clothes, which is different from the exclusive women's clothing of "coat shop". Ren Shi Family Biography said that when Zheng Zi swam into the clothing store, she suddenly met her handmaid, but she didn't want to see her, so she had to "walk sideways in a dense crowd". It can be seen that this clothing store is an open-air market with many people, which is not an ordinary store.
8. Silk shop
Bai Xingjian's "Three Dreams": "There is a person who sells porridge for profit in the west of Chang 'an, surnamed Zhang, who is not very rich and lives in." ("Complete Tang Poetry").
Silk is the general name of ancient silk fabrics. In this "silk shop", "porridge is good, and peace is good." "porridge" is the same as "glutinous rice". "selling porridge" means selling glutinous rice, which means selling. This shop is not only engaged in selling cloth and silk, but also claims to open the market, which is not an ordinary shop.
Number 9, boss
Yang Bochou, Feng Yiwu ... At the beginning of Emperor Yangdi's reign, Emperor Wendi visited Yi Yin, and heard that he had access to the capital and was welcome to see the official ... He was often driven crazy and marched in the city ... And he also opened a shop to sell divination, which was not allowed.
"The Original Story": "At the beginning of Kaiyuan, there was a man named Liu. I didn't know who his surname was, and he pretended to ask for an official ... I heard that there was a Li Laoshan in Xicheng, so I made a mistake and asked him."
A fortune teller is a fortune teller. This kind of industry doesn't need shops, stalls in the street or shifts on the floor, which not only predicts the future for people, but also brings good or bad luck to horses. The suspicion of divination is the street or gathering place where fortune tellers gather.
10, fierce boss
"Si Er" refers to two powerful boss in the East and West, and "Xisi" refers to the powerful boss in the West. The operators of fierce shops, on the one hand, make and sell funerary objects such as pottery figurines, on the other hand, rent funerary objects such as portraits and cars, on the other hand, hold general curtains and sing elegies to participate in funeral activities.
1975 During the archaeological investigation, the remains and heads of pottery figurines used as funerary wares in the late Tang Dynasty were found in the modern unearthed soil in the middle section of Xishi West Street, which proved the ferocity of Xishi.
The above are all shops unearthed in Xicheng, mostly Hu merchants. Their excellent economic mind and the collision between foreign civilization and Central Plains civilization have produced different sparks. Injected a lot of fresh blood into Tang culture. The characteristics of the western regions are combined with the traditions of the Central Plains. Trade in the western market is very prosperous.
From the Ming Dynasty, the seeds of capitalism appeared in China, and the commodity economy gradually developed in cities and towns, and gradually penetrated into the countryside. Ancient commercial street refers to an ancient commercial street influenced by commodity economy since Ming Dynasty.
Shangtang Ancient Commercial Street is a rare historical material to investigate the development of rural areas in China from a pure agricultural economy to a commodity economy, and it is also a witness to the transformation of Zhuge Village from a blood village to an industrial village. From the Ming Dynasty, the seeds of capitalism appeared in China, and the commodity economy gradually developed in cities and towns, and gradually penetrated into the countryside.
Address: Zhuge Bagua Village, Zhuge Village, Zhuge Town, Lanxi, Jinhua, Zhejiang
Zhoucun was an important commercial port in northern China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the source of the Northern Silk Road. The town has complete functions, perfect facilities, clear market division and extremely prosperous business, and is known as "the first village in the world", "Jinzhou Village" and "dry dock".
As an outstanding representative of China's ancient commercial culture, the "Avenue Ancient Mall", with its vertical and horizontal blocks and quiet and quaint streets, has maintained its quaint original appearance and historical essence in the Ming and Qing Dynasties despite a hundred years of wind and rain. Its large scale, unique architectural style and high architectural level are unique in Shandong and rare in Jiangbei, and it is still playing its commercial function. Experts call it "the living museum group of ancient commercial street".
Zhoucun is one of the sources of the ancient Silk Road, and silk is a symbol of ancient culture in China. The ancient silk industry in China has written a glorious chapter for Chinese culture and made indelible contributions to the development of human civilization in the world. Especially the silk of Ruifuxiang is famous for its excellent quality, exquisite color and rich cultural connotation.
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