Rural traditional market culture

The earliest mature market with relevant management institutions appeared in the Tang Dynasty.

After the separation of handicrafts and agriculture, rural fair trade appeared in ancient times. After the separation of handicraft industry and agriculture, the exchange of products among tribes, agricultural producers and craftsmen increased, and the scale and scope of the exchange expanded, from an accidental trading place to a market with a fixed time and place. The rural market in the southern and northern dynasties in China was called the grass market; In the Tang Dynasty, rural fairs in the south were called fairs, fairs in the north and fairs in the southwest. Most rural markets are located in the suburbs of cities or near the main roads of land and water transportation. It is more susceptible to commercial stimulation and commodity exchange is also easy to develop.