Many People Paint Pictures: Historical Interpretation of Jiangnan Towns
by Bao Weimin
About This Novel
In recent years, driven by tourism, the rural commercial settlements in the south of the Yangtze River, which once played an important role in the historical development of our country, have once again attracted widespread attention. Over the past seven or eight hundred years, catalyzed by various factors such as technological progress and population pressure, agricultural production in the Jiangnan region has gradually shifted to a professional economy represented by the cotton and mulberry industry. The demand for commodity exchange with the outside world has continued to expand, prompting the creation of a large number of large and small business activity centers dependent on the professional economy in rural areas, and ultimately presented a unique landscape with dotted markets and dazzling culture. This formation mechanism and economic foundation of Jiangnan towns not only standardized their transportation network, structural layout, town shape, market architecture, and industry characteristics, but also affected people's living customs and cultural mentality. In modern times, as the traditional rural economy has gone away, except for a few that have been transformed into cultural parks with the theme of "traditional Jiangnan towns," what kind of development prospects will a large number of towns in the Jiangnan region face has become a brand new question that people in this region must answer. The above is what this book attempts to introduce to readers in relatively popular language.
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