Since the Ming Dynasty, Yuan water play a very strong role in the link between the two things on the transport of goods. Pu City, as a transit point on the line of things, rich, unique geographical location, business and prosperity. Merchants throughout the country to Pu city business, and supplies can be mutual exchange of needed products. Well documented, at least Hunan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Fujian, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Hubei, Sichuan and other 10 provinces, and customers in the province of Changde, Baoqing (Shaoyang), Xupu in all prefectures and counties, sub nationality successively in Pune city established the commercial nature of the contact friendship organizations, commonly known as "Hall". Local villagers Fung to Pune city business will be in the clubhouse business negotiations, they busy business, leisure in the clubhouse "tea singing cards", in case of emergency and difficulties, unity and cooperation, to tide over the difficulties. This is the so-called "13 provinces (Government Office) in the city". In fact, the so-called "Hall" is synonymous with "association".
The production of the guild hall, which promotes the prosperity of the commercial economy in the embryonic stage of capitalism, is a typical symbol of the prosperity of the commercial economy. Pu, a commercial product such as tung oil, from Yunnan, Sichuan, after entering Hunan, city Pu is an important transport market. These after Pu from tung oil, and then transported to Hankou, Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other places. There are legends, Jiangxi Jingdezhen porcelain, by the Jiangxi region direct transport of Pune City, return often, peach, Yuan County, Pu city is a big porcelain transit market, porcelain can not be half-way open, easy to damage. Porcelain store a lot of the market, from the street, right up to the entrance to the inland side today, two of the shops operating porcelain. Qian Long of the Qing Dynasty, the "Qu Pu City, Tang, Yang Kang," four people. Four all rise, mainly rely on the establishment of iron smelting industry. Five pounds of iron ore from the slope area from local smelting pig iron, hair iron, transported to the coastal areas. In the open, did not enter the Chinese ban tin when the number of southeast province iron, purchase from Pu city. Produced in the place of firecrackers, white wax, Guizhou cinnabar and folk required self-sufficient kinds of what can be communicated through the Yuanshui River and exchange of needed goods. S to the Qianlong and Jiaqing, Pune city has become the Yuanshui River port, 23 wharf, 45 Street Lane, 99 seat Fang land are prosperous testimony.
These places are according to the prosperity in the premises. The Ming and Qing Dynasties and the period of the Republic of China, the city hall Pu very unique, formed a unique cultural center. At that time the most distinctive hall is Shanshan hall and Jiangxi hall. Do not know from what time to start, there are unwritten rules in the hall, inside have the help offering gods, therefore a museum is also called a house, mountains of Shaanxi museum called loyalty palace, why is it called the palace of loyalty, because they worshipped the Shanxi Ji Guan father, thanks to loyalty famous, Shan Shan hall called loyalty palace. Jiangxi hall called palace in Jiangxi because the theme pavilion is to repair the emperor built the palace to the emperor, the birthday celebration. Native of Fujian Chongxin Matsu, Matsu is their days, their merchants in Pune City, the construction of Fujian hall called "Tin Hau Temple."
Ten, three palace hall, all built along the river, meaning all rivers run into sea. There is a city hall Wanshou Palace Pu building structure in common: hundreds of order Qingshiban long paved wharf has been extended upward from Yuan water, the river is hundreds of thousands of bamboo in round waiting at the top of the pier loading crane; Yan, is a magnificent palace archway, archway as a palace unique mark, mark the operation of the ownership of goods here; into the door, still Long Wharf ladder, and then is on both sides of uniform small small storage room, each side has more than ten small room storage room; then is the opposite of a pair of stone lions, and is about 100 meters of the square, the Plaza in front of sat the stage, stage is a place of worship gods. Some pavilion is the recreation leisure accommodation business elsewhere. The establishment of loyalty palace is more magnificent, roof, wall riding. Loyalty palace gate, across the square, to see the big stage, posted a couplet stage, said: "Fu Zuoshi, hall of the outside of the circle outside the sentence; dress up as the dress Wu, the moon in the water mirror day." In the stage of people, people in taiwan. On both sides of the stage is a gallery, a gallery is also known as the box, theatre places to the identity of the person for the. The stage before and after the corridor or patio, acting, these places will be packed with ordinary people. Gongs and drums sounded, began acting. Play is often the local prominent Chenhe Gaoqiang 48 the Mu Lian play, Mu Lian play tells a ghost speak of God and speak of metempsychosis, is not finished, see the boss's time and interest, can be specified to sing where. Acting called to sing opera, singing, give the most money boss sit in Rohan chair, iodine with a belly, enjoying the million people watched the glory. To play a day, then some people came to hand, red silk, silk book "advancing" two words. The population in and saying loudly "master Luo Jia Guan 10 two" etc.. If the table is sitting on the master Li, then read the person will naturally flatter Lee master, all the people who see the money. This is the nomination of the master will come to an infinite glory. One breath, the businessman is this.
This is a story in Pu city each hall day by day since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, these stories are similar, but witness the true life. A favorable, from the field rushed to the city, PU, if the weather earlier, he went to Pune city streets of wandering around, and people chat pull on, to understand the recent market. If the sky late, he will hurry wash Su rest, dawn is the first thing to do is worship enshrined in the backyard of local gods, pray for he bless in Pu business smoothly. After the worship, the world market is Pu City cargo throughput, various business has a person. If this favorable rare leisure, we will be visible to sing opera performances, he was the Pune city cultural reproduction and as a force. If the public is involved, then the market will also be a prosperous city. Who's brother is in such an atmosphere, the introduction of PU, Chenhe gaoqiang. Combining with the local culture by Chenhe Gaoqiang factors have a cavity tone of the lotus Pu Pu opera.
Unfortunately, this is a hundred years ago. Now, only scattered pieces of bricks, witness these fresh things have happened here.
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