Which city was the first of the four ancient rice markets in China?

Wuhu is a provincial city in Anhui Province, and it is also a sub-central city and sub-central city in Anhui Province. Wuhu and Hefei, the provincial capital, are also called "dual-core" cities in Anhui Province. Wuhu has been recorded in writing for more than 2500 years, and is known as "a famous town in the east of the Yangtze River" and "a famous district in Wuchu". In the history of China, the "Four Big Rice Markets" were formed because of centralized rice trading. Its rice market is adjacent to Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge in the west and Wuhu Airport in the east. There is a 5000-ton special grain wharf with convenient transportation, covering an area of 2. 1 hectare and a building area of 1.6 square meters. The annual service turnover of grain is 5 million tons. As a result, Wuhu is known as the first of the "four rice markets in the south of the Yangtze River".

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The formation of "rice market" has two major factors: first, it is located in the center of rice production, and Mi Yuan is extensive and easy to concentrate; Second, the transportation is convenient and the land and water transportation is developed. Special attention was paid to water transport in ancient times. For a long time, there are two opinions on the identification of "four big rice markets". Except Jiujiang in Jiangxi, Wuhu in Anhui and Wuxi in Jiangsu, Changsha in Hunan and Shashi in Hubei are controversial.

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