明清时期大运河沿线地域商帮的活动

The Activities of Commercial Gangs Along the Grand Canal During the Ming and Qing Dynasties

明清时期贯通中国南北的大运河,是全国最为重要的南北物货大通道,各地地域商帮在运河沿线极为活跃,运河税关征缴的商业税收成为国家财政的重要来源。各地地域商帮在运河沿线,不但通过商业贸易活动在全国南北商品流通中发挥出不可或缺的重要作用,而且还通过创建商业会馆赞助文化活动,推进戏曲文化,兴起园林砌筑之风,从而营造地域文化,传承民俗文化,展示出了浓郁的商业文化风情。

During the Ming and Qing dynasties,the Grand Canal,which connected the north and south of China,was the most important north-south cargo channel in the country.Commercial gangs from various regions were extremely active along the canal,and the commercial taxes collected by the canal customs became an important source of national finance.These regional commercial gangs played an indispensable and important role not only in the circulation of goods from north to south across the country,but also in the creation of commercial guilds,sponsorship of cultural activities,promotion of traditional Chinese opera culture,and the rise of the trend of garden masonry,thereby creating regional culture,inheriting folk culture,and showing a rich atmosphere of commercial culture.