Details of the shopping cart store

What time does the coach shop start? The exact time cannot be verified, but the approximate scope should be in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. As the name implies, a car shop is a shop that receives transport vehicles, and animal-drawn vehicles should be the premise for the emergence of car shops. Before the Ming Dynasty, the main traffic in Northeast China was waterway. In the two military actions of conquering Koguryo in the Tang Dynasty, soldiers and trench were transported by water. In order to strengthen the rule of the Northeast in the Ming Dynasty, in the early Ming Dynasty and Yongle years, Liaodong, Nuergan and Jianzhou successively established post stations, but they were only used for mailing, transporting military supplies and offering sacrifices, mainly relying on mules and horses. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, with the development of the besieged city and Changbai Mountain, large wheeled vehicles powered by animal power appeared for transportation, and rubber-tyred vehicles with rubber tires appeared at the beginning of the Republic of China. The rise of folk carriage transportation has prompted the emergence of carriage shops serving it.

In the early years, carriage shops were all located next to main roads, generally about 40 miles away from ancient post stations. This distance is about half a day's journey of the load-bearing carriage, so as to facilitate the long-distance bus to "tip" on the way and spend the night with the long-distance vehicle. At first, most of these shops were independent. With the increase of passenger flow, it attracts other businesses, such as small shops, pubs, blacksmiths, carpenters' shops and hemp rope shops. As more and more people gather, with the passage of time, villages and market towns have formed. Now many places in Northeast China are named after shops, such as Guojiadian, Wafangdian and Pulandian. Copy the name of a coach shop.

General carriage shops are all civil structures, and the walls of houses are made of dry soil. The beams, rafters and eaves of houses are all made of wood, and some roofs are nailed with wooden boards and some are covered with straw. In the Songnen Plain, straw and reed were laid first, and then alkaline sludge was smeared. Houses vary in size, from three to five rooms, but the span is wider than ordinary houses. It's a big bay, a big kang in the north and south, and one kang can sleep 20 people. The facilities in the cart shop are also relatively simple. Generally put a wooden table and several benches on the ground, and prepare two washbasins, pancreases and towels. Pancreas is made by kneading pig pancreas and sheep pancreas with caustic soda.

Early coaching shops were mixed with men and women. When the female guests came, they were arranged in the corner of the big kang, hung a curtain and made a urinal. Later, it developed into separate rooms for men and women, with rooms specially for female guests. Conditional coach shops have also opened single rooms and small stoves, which are of course much more expensive, but still cheaper than ordinary inns.

Coach stores usually have meals, basically cornmeal cakes and pancakes. Eggplant, beans and other vegetables are cooked in summer, and radish soup and cabbage and potato soup are the main ones in winter. Tofu is a good dish. Also responsible for the hot rice with dry food. A dish of pickles and a bowl of boiled water are presented in the shop. The coach shop only charges accommodation, meals and fodder, and the price is very cheap, and there is no charge for hot meals.

A cover should be hung in front of the coach shop in Kanto as a sign of the industry. The cover looks like a laundry list, so it is called "laundry list". Generally, one is hung in a small shop and three in a larger one. The basket is made of wood, about 35 cm in diameter, and hung on the hook with four ropes at equal intervals. The hook is made of iron and has trouser legs at the tail, which is convenient to take off. The laundry basket is surrounded by red paper and decorated with decorative patterns, with eight paper flowers on the upper part and three red paper strips on the lower part. The note is 40 cm long and 2 cm wide. Shops are hung in the morning and picked at night or in rainy days. Even if there is a plaque with the name of the store written on it, a basket should be hung, because in the old society, there were not many people who could read, and most people only knew how to read. I need a new one every New Year, hoping for a new atmosphere. Coach's shop always puts up couplets during the Spring Festival. Generally, they will invite "Meng Changjun branch, tourists from thousands of miles away to vote".

In the early days, the owner of the carriage took a big carriage and occasionally a few pedestrians. People who live late are more complicated and can be roughly divided into the following categories:

One is a tramp. Most of them are gold trading, Korean trading, eating goods and cinnamon. "gold trading" is those who shake divination and put on strange doors; "Han merchants" are selling medicines, setting up stalls and selling plasters; "Eating Lock" is a storyteller and a drama; Hangzi is a performer.

The second is small traders. Baking pots and bowls, peddling, willing to sell big leaves (selling local products), picking in the mountains (selling vendors in mountain products).

Third, juggling and beggars. Monkeys, jugglers, shadow puppeteers and passers-by.

The fourth is to seek medical treatment. Refers to those foreigners who have not been admitted to the hospital or can't afford to live in the hospital. Car shops have prepared medicine cans for these people, and some even boil medicine for them.

The fifth is to file a lawsuit. When some oppressed poor people in rural areas are fed up, if they want to get justice through litigation, they often go to coach shops to stay. Coach shops often receive people who are very good at litigation procedures, and some even find someone to write a complaint for them. In addition, when the appeal was filed, the yamen asked for a shop insurance so that it could be summoned at any time. Coach shops can vouch for these people, but they have to pay a guarantee fee.

Six is black and white. Mainly government spies, bandits and prostitutes. In order to solve some cases, government spies often put on makeup and live in a cart shop, hoping to find some clues to solve the case through all kinds of people in the shop. Every winter, bandits begin to "share dividends" and "cat winter". Some families go home, others go to brothels to find old racks, and some hide in coaches' shops for the winter. Some prostitutes and prostitutes also regard the car shops of people who come and go day and night as their wealth. They go in and out wearing heavy makeup, and some simply live in it, hook up with the beard of the "cat hole" and resell the old customers in mountain products.

Coach shops are not open to ordinary people. In addition to having certain financial resources, the shopkeeper must also have a good relationship with the black and white road, or take refuge in the government, or secretly associate closely with bearded people, and have the financial resources and power to settle the incident. It is also necessary to have extensive contact with the three religions and nine streams, effectively coordinate all aspects of the relationship, and ensure the safety and stability of the store. The shopkeeper himself should be good at calculating, calculating and dealing with the world. He is shrewd, tactful and psychologically tolerant.