南宋临安的工商业,在中国和世界的城市发展史上,均具有重大而深远的影响。其时临安的商业市场扮演了一个极其重要的角色,其发展水平远远超过了北宋都城开封及当时的国内外所有城市。不仅有白天开市的日市,而且还出现了早市、夜市、季节市、专业市、镇市等不同类型的市场。故此,有海外学者将其称为“9—13世纪发生在中国的商业革命、城市革命的颇具代表性的一个范例” The commerce and industry in Linan in the Southern Song Dynasty had a significant and far-reaching impact on the history of urban development in China and the world. At that time, the commercial market in Lin’an played an extremely important role. Its development level far exceeded that of the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty in Kaifeng and all the cities at home and abroad at the time. There are not only day markets open during the day, but also different markets such as morning markets, night markets, seasonal markets, specialty cities, and towns. Therefore, some overseas scholars call it “a very typical example of the commercial revolution in China and the urban revolution in the 9th -13th century.”