The "Four Big Rice Markets" in ancient China came into being in the process of underdeveloped agricultural commodity economy in the old society, which played a positive role in promoting the grain production and circulation at that time and greatly improved the local social development, farmers' life and commercial trade.
As early as the heyday of grain transportation in Ming and Qing dynasties, Wuxi was already a famous grain market in the south of the Yangtze River, a concentrated place of grain transportation in Taihu Lake Basin and Zhejiang Province. During the Qianlong period, Wuxi's grain throughput reached 78 million tons. At the beginning of the 20th century, at the end of 65438+, the grain accumulation was the highest in southeast provinces, and the grain processing industry became the five major rice milling centers in China.
Changsha rice market occupies an important position in the commercial history of Changsha, and its embryonic form can be traced back to the late Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, Tanzhou had been able to build large ships to carry rice and transport rice to and from Xiangjiang River. In the early years of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty, there was a "thousand boats carrying rice" on the Xiangjiang River, which was sold directly to Hankou and then to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and it was very popular. The Yisu River near Changsha has become a gathering area of 100 valleys. "Compared with granaries, rice bags are closed, and the annual trade volume reaches more than 2 million tons."
The source of commodity rice in Jiujiang is local rice. Jiujiang and its surrounding counties and cities are alluvial plains formed by the Yangtze River, Poyang Lake and Hexiu, as well as hills and valleys of the shogunate mountains, with mild climate and abundant rainfall. Historically, it is the land of plenty and the main source of Jiujiang rice market.
Wuhu is known as the first of the "Four Big Rice Markets" in China, and the starting point and birthplace of the rice market is today's Yijiang District. Yijiang District is commonly known as Henan, because it is located on the south bank of Qingyi River flowing into the Yangtze River. The coastal areas are densely populated and the market trade is quite prosperous. The "Huining Chiguangtai Road", which governs southern Anhui, is also here.
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The four rice markets in China existed during the period of economic underdevelopment, but they still had a great impact on the society at that time. Especially after the appearance of the four rice markets, northerners who had never eaten rice before gradually began to adapt to the existence of rice.
With the development of the times, the role of the four rice markets has gradually decreased, especially now the logistics industry and network are very rapid, and people can buy rice produced anywhere without leaving home, so the four rice markets have become a historic term.
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