Rural Market And Commodities Circulation In The Southwest Region Of Tang Dynasty

The marketplace is the main carrier and ruler of commodities economy development. The system of traditional marketplace is completed by the marketplace and commodities circulation.It is due to the peculiar geographic advantages of the southwest region in which increase the rural market and commodities circulation. Through researching of rural market and commodities circulation, we can get the message of the total horizontal region economic growth and Chinese ancient regional economies development pattern,more important, providing the valuable historical experience for West Development today.Before the Qin period, southwest region rural market originate gradually that the whole nation rural market growth,the initial group of Shu start gathering a place for a short time,being bazaar that time migrating with the herd of livestock in Chengdu plain. The Qin Han dynasties, southwest region rural market begin to appear and get certain development. The Wei Jin southern and northern dynastiets period,southwest region rural market can be developed quickly, although population scale is small volume,development of country marketplace has establish the solid basis for Tang Dynasty.Southwest region is one of the earliest contacting with world in our country,before Qin period every tribe trade relationship developed to bordering region and overseas,having established history period.Commodity economy develops slowly till Wei Jin southern and northern dynastiets period,commodity exchange supplies rural area which is the local products and handicraft trade. The trade type is the commerce trafficking that this expects for a short time,the goods is made by nature. Remote trade commodity is articles of luxury which is satisfied with few high ranking officials and rich men.Amounts of commodities belong to the local products, through the "doing business during middle of daytime" is sufficiently satiation the needs of the vast rural area.There are two kinds of mark in Southwest region of Tang Dynasty:a regular marketplace and an aperiodic marketplace. Regular marketplace has 5 the characteristics as following:1.Belong to one kind of relatively elementary marketplace; 2. Business time prolongs; 3.Business of scale expands day by day; 4. Judging from the space,the route or distance of marketplace that a residen can go and can back in one day;5.The special local products are contact with marketplace. There are three causes for a lot of rural market in Tang Dynasty in the southwest:1.Development of rural commodity production lays a solid foundation for the development of commodity economy; 2.The activities of Commodity economy has provided important condition for the appearing of rural market;3.The increasing of intermediate market(town)boosts considerable rural market.There are 3 mainly points of rural market function and effect 1.Playing an important role in satisfily people's fundamental life;2. Having important effect on society; 3.laying a foundation role for intermediate market(town)in Song Dynasty.Commodities circulation has the majority pattern of goods from rural-urban to city of southwest the in the Tang Dynasty, and the rural market development itself is also gradually changing the traditional pattern, regardless of the circulation of commodities within the region, or inter-regional, and even with foreign The circulation of commodities are very prosperous, and has formed a multi-level commodity circulation pattern, which have a positive and far-reaching significance influence for economy and social development in this region...