1. Shashi: Shashi is located in the south-central part of Hubei Province, on the north bank of Jingjiang River in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Jianghan Plain, which is located in river and sand deposits, is adjacent to Jingzhou ancient city and connected with Yichang, an important town of the Three Gorges in the west. Shashi is an ancient cultural city with a long history. Because it is the head of the ancient Xia River, it was originally named "Summer Harvest". During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was named "Jiangjin", which was the material distribution center of Chu, and the king of Chu often held foreign affairs ceremonies here; It was called "Shatou" in Tang Dynasty; In the Song Dynasty, Shashi developed into a "Sanchu Town" with 3,000 miles. Shashi became one of the top ten ports of the Yangtze River in Qing Dynasty. The Republic of China was the confluence of goods, Sichuan and salt in central Hubei. Here are rivers, fertile land and rich products. Since ancient times, it has been the main agricultural area in Hubei, living in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Linjiang is a city with convenient land and water transportation. It has always been an important river port and material distribution center in Jianghan Plain in the province, and also a good place for grain and rice trading.
2. Jiujiang: Jiujiang is located in the north of Jiangxi Province, on the south bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, bordering Poyang Lake in the east, Hunan in the west, Nanchang in the south and Hubei and Anhui in the north. Rice and tea produced in Jiangxi and southern Anhui are gathered here and then distributed to Hankou, Shanghai and other places. The famous Jingdezhen porcelain is also exported from Jiujiang. Jiujiang is known as the "gateway" of Jiangxi Province because it is an important estuary along the river, the terminal of the "Hunan-Kowloon" railway and the land and water transportation hub of Nantong and Peking University. In recent years, since the resumption of the traditional rice market, it has established purchase and sale links with 28 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions and 84 large and medium-sized cities. 1985 has distributed more than 200 million kilograms of grain and oil, and 1986 has listed more than 20,000 kilograms of rice every day.
3. Wuhu: Wuhu is located in the southeast of Anhui Province, at the intersection of Qingyi River and Yangtze River, and connected with many grain-producing areas in the south of the Yangtze River. It is a famous grain producing area and rice distribution center in ancient China. In the Ming Dynasty, not only the rice market was very prosperous, but also the tea, wood and iron markets were very prosperous. During Jiaqing and Daoguang years of Qing Dynasty, merchants gathered in Wuhu market, grain shops were scattered all over the place, and the rice market was prosperous, exporting 5 million tons of rice every year. Wuhu's commerce ranked first in the province in modern times, and now the rice market is more prosperous. At present, there are six rice markets in the city, covering an area of over 3,000 square meters.
4. Wuxi: Wuxi is located in the south of Jiangsu Province, on the north bank of Taihu Lake, where the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, the Grand Canal and the Xicheng Canal meet. The 800-mile Taihu Lake has many water systems and fertile soil, and convenient transportation has contributed to the prosperity of agriculture, industry and commerce here since ancient times. This has always been a grain and oil distribution center. In the 11th year of the Republic of China (1922), it became a commercial port. At present, the rice market here has trade with 22 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. From 65438 to 0985, the total amount of purchasing, selling and trading of grain and oil in the market reached 6.8 billion Jin, more than twice the highest turnover in history.