Grand Canal Hub: Zhoujiakou

Author: Xu Yongjie
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Publish Date: 2007-01-11
Features: This book describes the guildhalls during the Ming and Qing dynasties as places for merchants to deliberate, gather, and entertain. Most of the guildhalls preserved to this day were built by Shanxi and Shaanxi merchants. These guildhalls vividly reflect the business philosophy and secular culture of merchants in the Ming and Qing periods. The Guandi Temple in Zhoukou, a former key hub for grain transport, is an outstanding example of such guildhalls.