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How did the word "bazaar" come to be?

The word "bazaar" consists of the words "bazaar" and "market", "bazaar" being centralized and "market" being a place for The word "bazaar" is composed of the words "set" and "market". As the name suggests, a "bazaar" is a centralized place for trading.

The bazaar was formed in the late primitive society, and legend has it that it was first opened by Emperor Yan Di.

In the early days of human society, the backwardness of the production tools, the low level of productivity, the production activities at that time to collect and fishing and hunting-based, extremely unstable, difficult to meet the needs of the surplus. Therefore, it was impossible to talk about mutual exchange.

Later, after the emergence of primitive agriculture and primitive husbandry, people began to settle down. However, in the initial period, the harvested food and reared animals were not used for exchange, but were used to maintain the survival needs of the clan members.

The phenomenon of exchange appeared in the late primitive society. At that time, the level of productivity had improved to some extent, and the fruits of labor had a slight surplus in addition to meeting the needs of life. Therefore, there is a different clan or tribe "to exchange" between the phenomenon of barter. Exchange needs to be carried out in a certain place. Thus, the bazaar arose. However, the original market place is not so fixed. Today it was in this place, but tomorrow it might be in another place.

Later, with the further development of production, the types and quantities of products used for exchange became more and more numerous, and the scale of the bazaar became larger and larger. So, the trading places began to be fixed, and gradually there were other trades serving the bazaar. So towns were formed.

Today, highly developed productivity, the form and function of the "bazaar" has undergone fundamental changes. Cities are full of stores, supermarkets and markets are dotted throughout the city streets. In the countryside, there are also regular bazaars, so it can be said that the bazaar is ubiquitous, providing great convenience for people's lives.