明代河南清化镇的商业规模--隆庆五年《创建金龙大王神祠记》及相关碑文研究

The Commercial Size of Qinghua Town in Henan Province in Ming Dynasty——Study on The Set up of Gold-Dragon King Shrine in the Fifth Year of Longqing

隆庆五年(1571年)《创建金龙大王神祠记》是河南清化镇商人集资创建大王庙的碑铭,该碑可以确证,嘉隆年间清化商业已相当繁荣,至少有数百名各地商人汇聚于此。该镇的商业规模提示我们,对明代华北的商业发展水平可能需要重新估计。

The Set up of Gold-Dragon King Shrine in 1571,the fifth year of Longqing reign,was an inscription recording the donation of merchants from Qinghua town in Henan province for setting up the King temple.This inscription is an evidence of the commerce prosperity in Qinghua town in Jiajing and Longqing period,where at least hundreds of merchants gathering.This reminds us that maybe there is a need to revaluate the commercial level of North China in Ming dynasty.