It is Hankow with the north along the river main road, and a street equal with it. Here was along the ruins city of the river, after Ming and Qing times of development,it form on jade belt on door, of river, Confucius temples, stone quay military Yang, forever would rather several east-west the streets straight s such as lane,etc.
. Chinese most early central street at the the intersection of Hankow and history in straight street, ten thousands of traders gather, strive place that shed by goods. The heaviest tributary river Han of the Changjiang River, rise in Shaanxi Province, therefore run into the Changjiang River, long long ago here, the businessman in Shaanxi Province went downstream by ship, trafficed in the goods and changed trains Chinese straight street.
Chinese straight street was collecting and distributing by the goods sold in batches and developed at first. Can be said and gain the name because of retailer in Shaanxi in the name of Hankow, the river Han enters the entrance of Changjiang River. And the growing prosperity of Hankow, can not separate from Chinese straight street.
Hankow leaf in the old established firm turn on safe modest auspicious benefit, Wang YuXia,etc., gain fame and fortune in this street. At the beginning of the 20th century, open the port with Hankow, the concession is set up and open to the railway, the mart of Hankow shifts down to the Changjiang River bank gradually.
Chinese straight street develops into the small commodity market. 1979, Chinese straight street resume the intersection of smalls and wholesale market, set up a stall job-waiting youth and social the intersection of the unemployed and more than 100 that manage in the first batch, from 1989, the straight field sales amount of downtown streets of Chinese topped 700 million yuan, from 1990, the country, individual raised funds of several ten million yuan together, build and reconstruct several transactions building, make traffic and environment of Chinese straight street greatly change.
Chinese straight street relied mainly on the fact that the low priced smalls are sold in batches, directed against the vast rural market in the eighties of the 20th century, after several decades of development, become the daily shopping place of the citizens of Wuhan, it is the goods of Central China area that sell the centre in batches too, mainly deal in daily necessities, shoes and hats, clothes, small electric apparatus, stationery, toy,etc..
The TV play Chinese straight street is after China is putting on show, the reputation is shaken big, become citizen and stranger s goods trade, place that travels and does shopping of Wuhan.