明清河北境内山西商人会馆的历史变迁

Historical Changes of Shanxi Business Huiguan in Hebei in Ming and Qing Dynasties

明清时期河北地区的商人会馆绝大部分为山西商人兴建,这些会馆由山西商人创建、维护和管理。这一区域的山西商人会馆有一个逐步发展完善的过程。社会方面,山西会馆经历了一个从偶然行为到连续规范管理的组织化过程;经济方面,会馆的资金筹集越来越完善和制度化;文化方面,晚明清初多样化的、区域化的祠庙信仰演化为会馆中规范化的以关帝为中心的神灵体系。

Most of the business Huiguan(guild) in Hebei during the Ming and Qing Dynasties werebuilt by Shanxi merchants. These Huiguanwere founded, maintained and managed by Shanxi merchants. Shanxi business Huiguan in this region had a gradual process of development and improvement.In the social aspect, Shanxi business Huiguan had undergone a process of organization from accidental behavior to continuous standardized management.In the economic aspect, The fund-raising of Huiguanwas becoming more and more perfect and institutionalized.In the cultural aspect, diversified and regionalized temple beliefs in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties changed to standardized Guandi-centered gods system in the Huiguan.