蔡廷锴云:“创设会馆的动机,主要是笃于乡土之谊,便于来京应试和旅居者而设。”文字记载,最早在京成立的会馆是明永乐年间的芜湖会馆。万历时,各省在京均已设会馆。清代,会馆发展迅速,道光年间达324个。光绪时最多,达445个。光绪三十一年,科举制废除,但赴京供职、求学或经商的各省人士,往往仍住本乡会馆。民初,会馆尚有402所。经多年战乱,解放前夕,会馆颓败,多变成大杂院,会馆历史亦告结束。会馆,是一种带有社团性质的同乡组织,属地方在京公产,有同乡会活动其间。馆中设 Cai Tingyouyun: “The motive of setting up the Guild Hall is mainly based on the friendship between the native land and the ease of coming to Beijing to take the test and to settlers.” According to the written records, the earliest Guild Hall set up in Beijing was the Wuhu Hall of the Ming Dynasty. Wanli time, the provinces have set up hall in Kyoto. During the Qing Dynasty, the hall developed rapidly, reaching 324 during the Daoguang period. Guangxu up to 445. Thirty-one years Guangxu, the abolition of the system of civil examinations, but to go to Beijing to serve, study or business of the provinces, often still live in the township hall. Early Republic of China, there are 402 clubs. After many years of war and eve of liberation, the hall collapsed and turned into a commune. The history of the hall was also over. Hall, is a community with the nature of the fellow organizations, is a local public housing in Beijing, with fellow club during. Museum set up