The Study Of The Town In Henan In Ming And Qing Dynasty

The town,as bearer of social and economic traditional of China, is not only play a mutual exchange of needed products as the local social and economic center, but also play a decisive role to the education, religion, and other aspects in local society. As the era of traditional social and economic development of the most prosperous, the development of town has entered a prosperous stage in the period of Ming and Qing Dynasty, Ming and Qing Dynasty is an important period of shaping and development of the town.Henan is located in the middle of China, in the south is Wu Yue, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong is in the north, is the communication between East and west, which plays an important role in the national economy.During the Ming and Qing Dynasties Henan town has its unique importance.In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the development of commodity economy, the town in Henan area got rapid development.the opening date of towns is also showing a trend of frequent.The main commodity sales of Henan town are agricultural products and other primary products,whose quality is relatively low.Even the larger market town also take the transit trade, with no capacity of production.In the open ground of town, the city mainly set in the streets and four outer town;the village mainly distributed in the transportation hub, temples and other places. The junction of the counties is also standing by the market.The management of town mainly involves the creation of town,the collection of tax, and the management of public utilities, which is mainly led by local government and gentry.The always guide the affairs of the town with their own prestige in the identity or personality.Under the call of local officials,the local gentry involved in the management of town from the charity or fame and fortune.This model is quite common in the the founding period and public management of towns.The first role of the town is its reflection on the development of local economic.The development of the market town, the one hand to meet the production needs of farmers, agricultural products and agricultural implements basic exchange is the main content of Henan town trade during the Ming and Qing Dynasties; on the other hand, the town also stimulated the development of commodity agriculture and handicraft industry. In addition, town is the center of rural culture and education, religious.the temple and school built in the town has the impact in the spirit of local people.The administration also promote education through town.The town often has the place to speak about ShengYuGuangXun and legal principles through which the government input the living standards and the code of ethics which need people follow in the mind of people, so as to strengthen the control on people’s thinking.