Traditional fifty stations one hundred and eighty

The main industries in China in the Tang Dynasty were "36 lines", namely: butcher shop, palace powder, ready-made clothes, jade, jewelry, silk, paper making, seafood, fresh fish, stationery, tea, bamboo and wood, rice wine, ironware, ancient embroidery, needle and thread, soup shop, drugstore, binding, pottery clay, post-harvest and so on. Tsui Hark said in Clearing Money, Agriculture, Industry and Commerce: "Thirty-six walkers, various occupations. As far as the division of labor is concerned, it is 36 lines, 72 lines, and 360 lines ten times. " It can be seen that "72 lines" is a virtual indicator, and the 72 lines or 360 lines that people often say today are not specific numbers. In fact, the division of labor in social industries has far exceeded the 72nd line. China has a famous saying-"360 lines, each line is the best". I don't know how many years this proverb has been circulating, but it is a household name, known to all women and children.

The so-called "360 lines" refers to all walks of life, that is, social posts. As the saying goes, "knock on gongs to sell sugar and do your own thing." There have been 36 lines of records about karma since the Tang Dynasty. Hui Zhou's Qingbo Magazine in the Song Dynasty recorded meat shops, seafood shops, sauce shops, flower shops, fresh fish shops, palace powder shops, ready-made clothes shops, medicinal materials shops, tie shops, coffin shops, secondhand shops, pottery shops, funeral shops, drum music shops, juggling shops, leather goods shops and so on.

How to develop from 36 lines to "360 lines"? According to Tsui Hark's "Clearing Banknotes and Farmers", "Thirty-six walkers, various occupations. As far as its division of labor is concerned, it is 36 lines; Second, seventy-two lines; Ten is three hundred and sixty lines. " It can be seen that "360 lines" is only a rough figure. In fact, since ancient times, there have been more than "360 lines" and more than 3600 lines in the industry. However, "360 lines" is just a general number, and "360 lines" circulated by the people is a general term. It has become a natural habit for many years, which is convenient to say and sounds good. Therefore, when it comes to industry, the address is still generally called "360 lines".