Merchant's Maijiacheng in Shangqiu

This is an ancient land, a sacred land and a civilized land. If Mecca, which stands on the Arab map, is a holy land for islanders, then we will naturally go to Shangqiu, which is located at the intersection of Su Ru, Yurupingyuan and Beijing-Kowloon-Longhai, as a place where businessmen and entrepreneurs trace back to history and culture.

This vast plain has given people a broad vision and endless space for thinking, so that Confucianism and Taoism were born here. Zhuangzi, Laozi and Mozi were all born in this holy land. The Great Plains endowed them with rich ideological and philosophical connotations, and the cultural accumulation of Confucius in Shangqiu for generations finally made Confucius, who was born in Qufu, Shandong Province, a master of Confucianism. As a result, when he saw Zigong seven days before his death, he said, "Xia people were buried in the east and Zhou people were buried in the west." Between the pillars of Yin (Shang) people, I sat between the pillars of my dream last night and died on the seventh day. " Confucius' affirmation that he is a Shangqiu person is enough to prove the profound influence of Shangqiu culture on him.

Throughout history, to become a Shang saint, the holy land must meet four conditions. The first is water, which is the primary condition for human survival. The ancient civilization of mankind is a harmonious civilization. The sacred, loving and solemn Yellow River flows through here and enters the plain, losing its turbulent roar and elusive geographical conditions, like a kind mother raising children in the plain and giving them soft land as a source of drinking water; The second is fire. According to legend, the first fire of the Chinese nation was lit here, and the era of human feeding on blood ended. Gao Ting recorded the vicissitudes of our nation's existence with the years when Vulcan Platform in the south of Shangqiu produced the flame. The third is surplus products, which can only be exchanged if there is surplus. In the 2nd/Kloc-0th century BC, when the Xia Dynasty in China was just established, there were many natural conditions with its advantages. The fourth is traffic. It is located in the great plains, without rugged roads and sand in mountains and hills. After the rain, water will soon seep into the ground. The heavier the rain, the more solid the soil, and the more people walk, which naturally becomes the road. These four aspects have made Shangqiu a prerequisite for becoming a holy city.

According to historical research, the earliest commodity trading market of Shang tribe is in today's Vulcan platform, and the word "autumn" in Shangqiu is the place where the market is traded. Shangqiu means a place where merchants trade goods. Up to now, many people mistake Shangqiu's "hill" for a hill, which is extremely wrong. Why did Bazaar form in Vulcan Terrace? This stems from the worship of Vulcan, because the ancients committed crimes regularly. The surplus products between people were brought here. First, the carriage was invented, and then small sticks were connected together as a car body, which was hung on the horse with pimps and driven by horsepower. A carriage pulls the goods pulled by 10 people's shoulders, thus giving birth to a long-distance transaction with a certain scale. Later, the mysterious son Wang Hai invented a new type of ox cart, which greatly improved the transportation efficiency. The appearance of this kind of car is a revolution in the circulation industry. Since then, merchants in Shangqiu have used their vehicles to defend goods in the east, west and Xia tribes and trade goods in the south. The surrounding tribes call it a self-driving carriage, and the merchants who engage in commercial activities with ox carts are "businessmen". The earliest merchants, commodities and businesses in this place made Shangqiu the earliest source of market economy.

Demand calls for industry, which promotes civilization to a certain extent and encourages people engaged in industry to worship their business ancestors. The worship of merchants and Vulcan in China began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. At that time, the fierce competition between countries appeared an urgent need for product exchange. Businessmen came and went between wars, which attracted high profits and brought unpredictable and unpredictable risks, even life-threatening! When people can't control the risk, they are eager to use the power of their ancestors. In their view, since ancestors can open up this industry, they can protect future generations engaged in this industry with infinite mysterious power. So in 328 BC, more than 600 famous businessmen contacted and formed an alliance, and built the "Shang Shen Tai" to the west of Shangqiu Vulcan Tai. In this Shang Temple, merchants not only carefully built a huge worship platform with building materials from all over the world, but also carved on it Xiangtu who invented the carriage, Wang Hai who invented the new ox cart, and the revered colossus of Wang Hai's father, behind which were windmills driven by carriages, ox carts and birds. After the establishment of Shangshentai, businessmen from all over the world come here to worship every year and pray for the blessing of Shangshentai, which greatly promoted the development of Shangqiu's commerce. In the Han Dynasty, China built magnificent statues. In order to stabilize feudal rule and implement the general plan of governing the country by emphasizing agriculture and restraining commerce, the law stipulates that businessmen must not be officials, and they must wear clothes worn by prisoners when going out, which has aroused great opposition from businessmen all over the country.