五口通商时期之世界“茶港”——福州港的沉寂与兴起

The Tea Port in the World after the First Opium War——Brief Analysis on the Thriving and the Declining of Fuzhou Port

第一次鸦片战争后福州因距武夷红茶区径捷,在1842年8月中英《南京条约》中被辟为首批通商口岸之一。福州的茶 叶贸易在经历了开埠初期近十年的沉寂后,到1853年突然出现了戏剧性的转折,并在19世纪七、八十年代达到极盛,成为弛名 中外的世界“茶港”。本文拟从福州“茶港”的沉寂与兴盛的原因入手,从一个侧面揭示近代福州城市贸易发展的历史轨迹。

Fuzhou was one of the cities forced to open to the west according to the British-China Nanjing Treatment in the middle of August 1842 after the First Opium War, The tea trade of Fuzhou experienced ten years＇ quietness. But there was a dramatic turning point in 1853, and the trade reached its peak in the 1870s and 1880s and Fuzhou developed into a well known city as a tea ＂port＂, Beginning with the causes of the thriving and declining of Fuzhou, this essay outlines the historic track of the trade development of Fuzhou from another aspect.