明清时期巢湖流域市镇发展及其特点

Towns' Development and Characteristics of the Chaohu Valley in the Ming and Qing Dynasties

巢湖流域市镇从古老的草市及军镇体系中分裂出来之后,至明代及清初,获得了独立的商贸地位,经济贸易作用不断增强,开始取代原有县城的经济中心作用,成为新的区域经济增长点。晚清市镇在中西经济文化交汇的时代背景下步入新的发展阶段,巢湖流域形成了市场等级不同、功能多元的市镇体系,并在广袤的农村地区建构了一个联系紧密的商品流通网络,促进了巢湖流域商品经济的发展。

In the Chaohu valley, from the morphological perspective, the towns split from the rural market and military, towns. During the Ming Dynasty and Qing dynasties, it obtained independent trade status, constantly strengthened economic trade, began to replace the original role of the county＇s economic center, and gradually became a new regional economic growth point. During the late Qing Dynasty, under the background of integration of economic and cultural between Chinese and western, the towns entered a new stage of development. The Chaohu valley formed town systems with different market classes and diversified functions, constructed a closely knit commodity circulation network in the vast rural areas, and promoted the development of the commodity economy in the Chaohu valley.