Researces About The Trade Of Country’s Market And Change On Ethnic Township

Country fair is the product of the development of human society, it is the centerof the rural economy and cultural life which reflects the main economic activities andcultural activities of the countryside. Therefore, to study the country fair is the key toanalyzing the development of the country economy and culture. At present, the socialtransition is the main task and challenge faced with the Chinese society. Thecountryside is experiencing the transition from a traditional and backward socialformation to an urbanized and modern one, while the country fair is also faced withchange and transition. As the rural area develop, minority area is the most slow one,so studying the business activities and development of minority area is very importantfor studying the development and transition of the countryside.Ba Jiao, En Shi Dong Minority Township is one of the Chinese ghettoize areas,whose fair is special and representative, because it retains the old character andmeanwhile receives the infiltration of modern civilization, and can fully reflect theeconomic and social development of the remote minority countryside. By usingquestionnaires and taking the economic activities of the fair, this thesis takes Ba Jiao,En Shi Dong Minority Township as an example to analyze the development of theeconomy and culture in the minority countryside, to make clear the distinguishingfeature and regular pattern of minority country fair and to provide a guidance toachieve the rural areas’modernization and urbanization, from the aspect of the tradingand circulation of commodities and the change as well as the level of urbanization.In this thesis, there are four parts altogether, including five chapters. Part Oneacts as introduction and chapters two, which introduces the purpose and significanceof choosing country fair and transition as the object of study, the research status of thecountry fair at home and abroad, as well as the main components and researchmethods of this thesis. Chapters Two summarizes the origin and development ofcountry fair. According to previous studies, the country fair was originated from theend of primitive society and the beginning of slave society. It also analyzes the featurewhen the country fair was formed from the aspect of fair participants, market-day,trading center, transaction mode, function and type of merchandise. The country fairexperienced primitive society, slave society, feudal society, modern society andcontemporary society. Chapter Three act as Part Two, it analyzes the fair andcirculation of Ba Jiao, En Shi Dong Minority Township fair. By taking specific examples, it firstly analyzes the fundamental structure of the fair, that is the tradingcenter, market-day and fair types and so on. Then it introduces the process ofcirculation and problem faced in the process from the characteristic of the goods, andfinally analyzes the factor that influence fair activities from the aspect of buyers,sellers, products and fair itself. The appearance of price goes with fair trading andcirculation, this thesis mainly analyzes how the price of agricultural products cameinto being and developed. Finally, it summarizes the feature and regular pattern of fairtrading. Part Three analyzes the fair change in fair structure, function and culture fromthe perspective of all the fairs in Ba Jiao, En Shi Dong Minority Township. Thecountry fair develop and change as the time goes by, and it lays foundation for thecountry’s urbanization at the same time. The last part analyzes the urbanization ofminority township from the perspective of rural social transition. The path ofurbanization is fair→market town→town→city, under which it analyzes theproblem faced with social transition and solutions.Through the analysis of the fair in the Ba Jiao, En Shi Dong Minority Township,we find that the minority rural fair is form one of free trade based on fixed marketdays, it experiences changes of times and self-adjustment, and finally become theeconomic and cultural establishments which can adapt to the development of thecountry society. By self-adjustment and social guidance, the country fair is seeking abest road to develop itself, one coordinates national features with regional advantages,following the natural law of development and solving the problem during the periodof transition.