Night markets appeared in big cities in the late Tang Dynasty. During the Song Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, the rulers explicitly allowed the night market in Tokyo (now Kaifeng City, Henan Province) in the Northern Song Dynasty. At present, it refers to markets that mainly deal at night, such as selling groceries, snacks, games and so on.
Night market is often an important tourist attraction in tropical and subtropical countries; In Chinese mainland, Taiwan Province, Hongkong and other places, it is one of the important representatives of civilian life culture. The most famous night markets are Millennium Kaifeng Gulou Night Market, Xueyuanmen Night Market and Xisi Night Market, Wuhan Hubuxiang Night Market, Nanjing Confucius Temple Night Market, Taiwan Province Shilin Sightseeing Night Market and Shenyang Xingshun Night Market.
The night market first appeared in the Tang Dynasty. Du Xunhe wrote a poem: "The night market sells lotus roots, and the spring boat carries on the frontier again." You can also see articles such as Yangzhou City Night View. It can be seen that the "night market" in the Tang Dynasty is still relatively prosperous. However, the country explicitly allowed the night market, which was in the period of Kaifeng Tokyo City in the Northern Song Dynasty. The capital city of the Northern Song Dynasty, the capital city of Beijing (now Kaifeng City, Henan Province), the prosperity of industry and commerce in the Song Dynasty exceeded that of the previous generation, especially in the south. At that time, there were many commercial cities, the largest of which was Kaifeng, with a population of1500,000. After the Southern Song Dynasty, he moved the capital to Lin 'an (now Hangzhou). Lin 'an, with a large population of the Central Plains moving south, has a population of up to one million, and there are many shops in the streets and lanes, so the morning market and night market are "buying and selling day and night". There are all kinds of vendors and vendors selling, which adds to the lively atmosphere of the city. In tropical and subtropical countries, the night market is usually an important tourist attraction. In many places in Chinese mainland, Taiwan Province and Hongkong, the night market is one of the important representatives of the civilian life culture. At that time, Tokyo (Kaifeng) had become an unprecedented city that never sleeps in the world.