乡村集市在中国农村有着悠久的历史,作为联系单个小农家庭的场所和有效方式,其滋生于自然经济之中。新时期,乡村集市依靠复杂的功能对乡村社会起着国家所无法替代的整合作用,作为乡村公共空间的集市已经形成为乡村政治的接点、基层市场的节点和乡民闲暇的热点,成为一个集政治整合、经济贸易、文化娱乐为一体的综合场域。随着市场经济的渗透,新时期集市功能出现公共性衰减、娱乐消闲变异、市场秩序紊乱、综合性逐渐丧失新的时代趋势。 Rural bazaars have a long history in rural China and are breeding themselves in the natural economy as a place and an effective way of connecting single smallholder families. In the new period, the rural market relies on complex functions to play an integration role that can not be replaced by the state in rural society. As a market of rural public space, it has become the contact point of rural politics, the node of grassroots market and the hot spot of rural people’s leisure, A set of political integration, economic and trade, cultural and entertainment as one integrated field. With the penetration of the market economy, the functions of the market in the new era have become less public, variable amusement and leisure activities, disorderly market order and gradually losing their new age trend of comprehensiveness.