福建商帮在烟台

Fujian Business Group in Yantai

福建商帮是旧时中国十大商帮之一。光绪《蓬莱县志》、民国《福山县志》、民国《烟台要览》、《烟台概览》等书,都留下大量有关福建商帮在烟台的资料。漕船泊庙岛船民多闽人宋元以来,南北往来的漕船需在庙岛泊舟候风。因漕夫大多是福建人且笃信妈祖,就在岛上立妈祖祠以事供养,后来就成为风俗。宋宣和四年,福建商人在庙岛倡建妈祖庙"显应宫",此庙是"我国北方建造最早、影响最大"的妈祖庙。

Fujian business group was one of the top ten business groups in old times in China.A multitude of materials about them in Yantai were recorded by such books as Penglai County Annal in the Reign of Guangxu(1875-1908)。