Economic And Cultural Changes On Nalian Country Fair Of Yongning District In Guangxi

NaLian Country Fair is located in Zhuang groups which is insouthwest of Yongning District in Nanning City. This country fair wasestablished in Chong years and the peak period of its commercial timewas from Qianlong to Daoguang. The turmoil and pumping out steelduring the period of the republic of China made Nalian Country Fairgradually lose its center status in commerce. After the founding of NewChina, NaLian reproduced the prosperity by developing its industry suchas textile mills, power plants, etc. But after the economic system reformin the1990s， all of the NaLian’s factories closed down and lost itsformer bustling and hoopla. In recent years, due to the development ofcultural tourism in Guangxi, Yongning has developed itself by tourismand cultural industries, and NaLian Country Fair has become the focus oflotus route in Yongning tourism culture. The process of social andeconomic changes in NaLian Country Fair clearly marks the impact of thesocial backgrounds at different times.This paper depicts the historical changes in NaLian Country Fairfrom the late Ming Dynasty to now. In different historical periods, theeconomy in NaLian Country Fair has gone through the changes from theflourish to the decline and then to revitalization, and it’s economicbarycenter has changed from business oriented to industry supported andit tries to establish the tourism and cultural industries. The paper revealsthe important changes and characteristics of the local social economic inthe different development stages. At the same time, the paper centers onthe rise and fall changes of the symbols of the religious folk and culturein NaLian Country Fair such as Pak Tai Temple and Saiqiao Festival indifferent times, and analyses the development of the country fair, the people in the country fair and the changes of ethnic composition of thesurrounding villages, the conflict of interests between the country fair andneighboring villages, and the historical and cultural background behindthe Development of GuangXi, NaLian’s Rural Folk Culture Tourism Co.,Ltd created by themselves. Thereby, the paper analyses the deep socialmechanisms and cultural causes that lead to the social and economicchanges in NaLian Country Fair and try to give the appropriaterecommendations and provide a reference for the socio-economic andcultural development of the rural Zhuang.