In Song Dynasty, business broke the limitation of business hours, and there appeared morning market and night market, which were "trading day and night". The separatist situation since the late Tang Dynasty was eliminated and the social economy was developed. The high development of agriculture and handicrafts in Song Dynasty provided a solid material foundation for commerce, and the expansion of border trade and overseas trade promoted the development of commerce in Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty witnessed unprecedented economic prosperity, with great progress in agriculture, printing, paper making, silk weaving and porcelain making. Outstanding achievements in navigation and shipbuilding, developed overseas trade, and trade with more than 50 countries in the South Pacific, the Middle East, Africa and Europe. The development of Jiangnan in the Southern Song Dynasty made Jiangnan an economic and cultural center. In Song Dynasty, the commerce was developed, and the common currencies were copper coins and silver. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, 800,000 coins were minted every year. By the time God lived in Xining for six years, it had reached more than six million. Due to the import of commodities, a large number of copper coins and silver flowed out in the Song Dynasty, resulting in a shortage of hard currency. During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, sixteen wealthy households in Chengdu presided over the printing of a kind of paper money instead of Sichuan iron money to make friends. This is the earliest paper money in the world. As Xixia blocked the Northwest Silk Road and the economic center moved south, the ports along the southeast coast became new trade centers from the Song Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, Guangzhou was the only place in China where a municipal shipping administration department was in charge of foreign trade affairs. In the Song Dynasty, the Municipal Shipping Department was established in Guangzhou, Lin 'an, Quanzhou, Banqiao, Jiaxing, Huating, Zhenjiang, Pingjiang, Wenzhou, Jiangyin, Qingyuan, Ganpu and Shanghai. Manage overseas trade. Quanzhou became the largest port in the world and the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road in the late Southern Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the tax on importing a large number of goods through trading companies ranged from 530,000 yuan (1049- 1054) in Huang You in the Northern Song Dynasty to 630,000 yuan (1064- 1067) in Pingping in the Southern Song Dynasty, and then to Shaoxing (65438). In the Song Dynasty, the economy was unprecedentedly prosperous, and agriculture and printing were flourishing. The large-scale, comprehensive and in-depth development of the South in the early Southern Song Dynasty made the South become the economic and cultural center of the country and completely replaced the economic and cultural center of the North.
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