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What does the Expo mean?

The original meaning of the fair is to buy things in places where people often gather.

Going to the market is a folk custom, which is called "going to the market", "driving the mountain" and "going to the market" in the south. Market is a form of commodity trading activities gathered in a specific period.

Mainly refers to a form of trade organization left over from the underdeveloped era or region of commodity economy. Also known as the market. Going to the market is an indispensable activity in the lives of working people. Going to the market also has a certain period.

Among them, there are also some places that use "temple fairs" and "mule-horse conferences" to conduct commodity trading activities in similar markets for several days. In the agricultural and pastoral areas of the Arabian Peninsula, where economic development is relatively backward, there are also regular and fixed-point fairs for commercial activities.

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Or once every five days, once every seven days, or once every 10 days is the market period. There will be one every three days and one every two days. According to the zodiac in Kaili, Guizhou, pigs, cows, etc. can only be known according to the old yellow calendar.

There are also monthly and annual temple fairs. There are morning and afternoon ones. It is really strange for developed areas to catch up with the night market. There are also night markets in the solar calendar and the lunar calendar.

Every market day, there are all kinds of department stores in the market. People came from nearby villages in small groups. Some people sold their surplus products, some bought what they needed, some made appointments with relatives and friends, and some just went sightseeing.

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