This is the meaning of "buying horses in the east, saddles in the west and whips in the north and south" in Mulan Ci, but later the pattern changed, mainly "east, west and second-tier cities". The market in urban design belongs to the business district. According to the etiquette system, it is usually "front and back".
1. This is Zhou Li's expression.
The market is placed behind the palace or bureaucracy in urban space, but the development of urban commerce is not completely linked to "ceremony". From the Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, in some big cities, the area named after "city" was not a place. For example, there were nine cities in Chang 'an in the Han Dynasty, which were located on the west side of the road and collectively called "Xiyi". These three cities are located on the east side of the road and are collectively called the East City. There are also tree markets in East and West Cities. Luoyang in the Northern Wei Dynasty has the characteristics of East Capital, Big City and Shicheng. Although the old "city well" provided a certain commercial space, it was also closed. The complete separation of business and residence is not conducive to commercial development.
In Tang dynasty, the key was controlled by the municipal government.
Usually, the city wall is divided into four doors around the city, that is, it is closed when it is opened. Before entering the seventh season, please kill 300 voices and eliminate the voices of the public. "Market access control is very strict", bureaucrats and cities, staff, in the 1970s, more invaders did so. "You can see that' market' transactions were strictly regulated at that time. As for the "city", of course, some people are under two years old, some people steal from each other or shout, and everyone is crowded with people.
People use "urban villains" or "urban hooligans" to describe these mediocre people. The derogatory meanings of the words "good city" and "city" also reflect the great agricultural politics in ancient China.