The Commercial Change And Economic And Social Development In Rongxu Since The Qing Dynasty

Country fair town is an important window of the perspective of regional socio-economic, but also a microcosm of the social and economic changes.Country fair town is both an objective of geographic entities, is a complex social entity. With the development of commodity economy of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, developed land and water transportation of goods distribution center, and gradually developed into Country fair town. Such a town usually do not have fixed time.They are always "do business during daytime,then scattered after transaction", through trade, meet everyday simple needs,and thecountry fair town is the entire basis for the business market. Country Fair is more of a fixed period of time,because of it more vitual so call it "country fair".Country fair town is the development of a variety of factors to promote the natural, economic and political conditions and time are inseparable. Stable country fair town order of business is local officials and citizens work together to build the indispensable. The country fair town also not leave the surrounding Weizhen and rural exist independently.Moreover, country fair town and rural areas between the two are not mutually closed and commodity economy coexist in an open network, there is extensive exchange of goods, capital. Therefore investigated country fair town’s economic and social change, not an isolated study, should the overall comprehensive study.Based on the thinking of the above problems, This article attempts from the following parts of a typical representative of the Guangxi country fair town-Rong of Cangwu, and further analysis since the Qing Dynasty since the changes of the business and the economic and social development.The first part is to investigate the reasons for the rise of Rong country fair from both natural and human. Country fair town is the birth and development in the role of superior natural and human conditions. Convenient water transport, excellent location, well-developed agricultural hinterland provides a good natural factors in the rise of the Rong country fair town, Guangdong merchants, foreign merchants and the influx of immigrants and to strengthen the development of the region, as well as the presence of large numbers of troops to provide a more stable social environment for the rise of the Rong country fair town a good human factors.The second part describes the Rong country fair town commercial elements of the system. The country fair town commercial elements of the system is broad and complex, including the dominant elements, and stealth elements.The West River, a number of piers, bridges, to facilitate Guangdong Guild halls, shops, streets, temples, these are the dominant factors supporting Rong country fair town business systems. In order to build a stable and equitable order of business, officials and businessmen to work together. On one hand, the local government to develop a series of decrees to protect the interests of business people, on the other hand, businessmen on their own to establish Hall Chamber of Commerce and other agencies to reconcile the contradictions in the development of various types of articles of association to reflect the fair competition. These are the invisible factors that support the business systems of the Rong country fair town.In section three the author expounded the business categories and the economic association with external business towns of Rongxu. The business towns are not the isolation existence, there are a broad and profound contacts between the business town and its surrounding villages and the ambient towns. Rongxu and the surrounding areas’economic tie closely, especially with the business towns in Guangdong and Guangxi of Xijiang river basin contact more closely.Rely on the convenience transport of Xijiang river, all sorts of goods and materials widely circulated among Rongxu and other business towns, and it promoted the economic exchange between Guangdong and Guangxi, it acelerated the economic development in Guangxi,at the same time it also pushed forward the prosperity of the business in Rongxu.In section four, this thesis stated the protection and the use of the stone inscriptions in Rongxu and its surrounding areas. The tablets which scattered in Rongxu and its surrounding areas, especially the tablets in the club house are the important historical materials to study the economic and social in this area, and we can also traced the historical track of the businessmen, and explored the business development, at the same time the tablets provide important historrical meterials to understand the economic and social change and ethnic relations change. To classfly and clear up the tablets, it could further promote the cognition of commercial transition in Rongxu and its surrounding areas. Meanwhile, we need to strengthen the protection consciousnes of the stone inscriptions, use the scientific method to use and protect the precious tablets, and make it servethe scientific research better.