CCTV---9(Y英语频道）介绍：屯溪老街 tunxi old street

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            Journeys in Time 2010-10-06 Famous streets of China Part 6-- Tunxi old street
                                             （时间之旅---中国名街之  6-屯溪老街）

Intro:

      Today, we’ll continue with our series about famous streets in China. For 600 years, the Huizhou merchants （徽州商人）occupied a unique and highly influential position in the history of Chinese commerce. In the Southern Song Dynasty, （在南宋时期）after the capital was moved from Kaifeng to Lin'an, the country’s political and economic centre shifted to the south. Huizhou, with its strategic location, was a communications hub between north and south, and it became key to the economy of China’s southeast. The local landowners, recognizing the great commercial potential offered by Huizhou’s location, began to develop business interests. Today, we’ll take you to a very famous street in the city, the old Street of Tunxi, where we’ll discover how the local merchants struck it rich.

Historical records describe Huizhou people at the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, as "engaged in trade everywhere". They sold tea, (茶叶）ink,（墨） paper（纸张） and wood.（木头） By the Ming Dynasty, the shortage of land and the over-supply of manpower drove many farmers from their fields, and into business. Commerce in the region flourished, and as a result several local products made their way onto the foreign market. The best known of these was, tea.

The Huizhou merchants, with their natural resourcefulness, became adept at obtaining positions at court. As a result, politics and commerce became closely linked. Yet, whatever political advancement they achieved, they never lost sight of their commercial roots and the simple mottos on which their success was founded: “Cheat neither old nor young, and supply fine products at honest prices.”

Outro:
The success of the Huizhou merchants was the result of a combination of social factors, and based on hard work. Those early people who left Huizhou to make a living away from home could never have suspected that one day the fame of the Huizhou merchants would extend nationwide. Moreover, based on its commercial success, Huizhou became a cradle for talented scholars who made their mark in various fields. Enriched by their achievements, Huizhou earned a reputation as a centre of liberal arts.

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介绍：
   今天 ，我们来继续我们的中国著名老街系列。六百多年来，徽商在中国商业历史上具有独特而深远的位置。在南宋时期，都城从开封迁到临安后，国家的政治和经济中心也随之南迁。徽州，成为一个连接南北方得天独厚的战略中心位置，也顺理成章成为中国东南经济的关键。当地的地主们，意识到位置给他们带来的巨大的潜在商业利益，纷纷开始做起了生意。今天，你们将带您去一条著名的老街---屯溪老街，我们将会发现当地商人是怎样一夜暴富的。

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