清代湘江沿岸城市会馆公所之社区功能探析——以长沙、湘潭为例

Community Function of City Guild Halls Along Xiang River in Qing Dynasty

清代湘江沿岸的城市长沙、湘潭,存在着大量的民间经济组织——会馆公所。这些组织是一个个的城市社区,因而具有社区功能,主要表现在四个方面:经济功能、服务功能、文化功能和政治功能。其中经济功能是其原生功能,服务功能、文化功能和政治功能则是其派生功能。

In Changsha and Xiangtan cities,there were a large number of non-governmental economic organizations-guild halls along Xiang River in Qing Dynasty.These organizations are urban communities.Therefore,it had the function of community mainly manifested in four aspects:economic function,service function,cultural function and political function.Among them,economic function is the original function while other three are the derivative functions.