place too expensive to live in(cháng ān jū dà bù yì)

place too expensive to live in

It comes from Zhang Gu's leisurely preaching in Tang Dynasty. It means that living in a big city is not easy to maintain.

Basic explanation

Chang'an is not easy to live in. Its pronunciation is Chang ā NJ ū dabuyi which was originally interpreted by Gu Kuang, a poet of Tang Dynasty, joking with Bai Juyi's name. The latter metaphor is that living in the capital of the country is not easy to maintain. Zhang Gu's "leisurely preaching" in Tang Dynasty: "Bai Shangshu Ying Ju, first arrived in Beijing, paid attention to his works with poems, looked at his name, and looked at Bai Gong very well, saying:" the price of rice is expensive, and it's easy to live in. " Only when you know that you have no money in your pocket, you begin to feel that your old journey is like a dream. (xuanding, Qing Dynasty, the anecdote of Li Sansan)

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The purchasing power of one or two silver in the Tang Dynasty. during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, material civilization was extremely rich. A bucket of rice was only sold for 5 Wen. Usually one or two silver was converted into 1000 Wen copper coins (also known as Guanyi). You can buy 200 Dou of rice. 10 Dou is a stone, that is 20 stones. In the Tang Dynasty, a stone was about 59 kg. Based on today's average rice price of 1.75 yuan per Jin, one or two silver is equivalent to the purchasing power of 4130 yuan. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the price of rice rose to 10 Wen / Dou, which is also one or two silver = 2065 yuan. The price of rice in the Tang Dynasty is one. According to the calculation of the Tang Dynasty's 1 bucket meter = 5 paper calculation \13\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\; push here The price of rice in the Tang Dynasty: 0.67 yuan per Jin (rice) 2. According to the Tang Dynasty, the price of modern rice is 1.75 yuan / jin (m) 11.8 Jin = 20.65 yuan / Jin = 13 Wen 1.59 yuan / Jin = 0.91 Jin according to this calculation, the price of Tang rice is 0.57 yuan / jin (m) the latest price of rice is 1.5 yuan / jin (m) 11.8 Jin = 11.8 Jin x 1.5 yuan / jin (m) = 17.7 yuan / Jin = 13 Wen 1.36 yuan according to this calculation, the price of Tang rice is 0.67 yuan / jin (m) three. Conclusion in Tang Dynasty, the price of rice was between 0.57 yuan / kg and 0.67 yuan / kg the price of rice in Chang'an and Luoyang was the most expensive in Tang Dynasty, the capital was moved from Chang'an to Luoyang (Wu Zetian, Wu Zhou Dynasty) the agricultural production tools in Tang Dynasty were improved compared with the previous generation. During the prosperous period of Tang Dynasty, Quyuan plow was invented, and new irrigation tools such as water wheel and bobbin car appeared. In 624, the seventh year of Wude, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, the whole country was unified. In the 130 years since then, there were only 160 important water conservancy projects recorded. Among them, the famous ones are Yuliang canal, Jiangyan lake and Jinghu Lake. In the 28th year of Kaiyuan (740), the total area of cultivated land reached 14003862 hectares (equivalent to 1219.7 million mu of cultivated land in today's city system). Grain production has also increased year by year. In the eighth year of Tianbao (749), the grain stored by the government reached 96 million stone. In the 14th year of Kaiyuan (726), Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, the lowest price of rice in Luoyang, Chang'an, was only 13 Wen per Dou, while Qingzhou and Qizhou were only 5 Wen per Dou. After the middle Tang Dynasty, the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River suffered great damage during the Tianbao rebellion, while the south of the Huaihe River suffered much less damage. Therefore, the economic and cultural development level of the south of the Huaihe River surpassed that of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in the stable development. During the middle Tang Dynasty, a large amount of land was reclaimed and water conservancy was overhauled, and the grain production in the South was large The amplitude of increase. Beijing has the highest cost of living in China. According to Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po, the ECA's survey on the cost of living in global cities compares a package of 125 consumer goods and services (including daily food) sent by international commissions in more than 370 locations around the world, Such as cereals, Oils and sundries, dairy products, meat, fish, fresh fruits, vegetables, drinks to meet general needs, tobacco, clothes, electronic goods, cars, dining out, etc. Chinese mainland city cost of living rank: 1 Beijing 2 Shanghai 3 Shenzhen 4 Guangzhou 5 Tianjin 6 Dalian 7 Shenyang 8 Qingdao 9 Chengdu 10 Suzhou 11 11 11 9 10 8

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