酒楼也叫酒肆或酒店,是供人饮酒宴客、寻欢作乐的地方。春秋时代即有酒店,《诗经·小雅》:“有酒醑我,无酒酤我”韩非子有“宋人酤酒”的典故。汉武帝开始榷酤之后,酒成为专卖商品,酒税成为国库重要收入。随着经济的发展、都市的繁荣,酒楼规模也越来越大。唐朝的城市布局采用坊制,酒楼都设在街坊(相当于里巷)内部,例如北里、平康里是酒肆和秦楼楚馆杂处的地区。宋代废除坊制,酒楼向大街发展。古典名著《水浒》中,常常出现酒楼,其中如“浔阳楼”、“狮子楼”,都是高楼大厦,设在闹市或风景区。宋代酒楼有官营和民营两种,官营的酒店叫做官库,民 The restaurant, also called a wine shop or a hotel, is a place for people to drink banquets and enjoy themselves. There are hotels in the Spring and Autumn Period, “Book of Songs Xiaoya”: “I have wine, wine without me” Hanfei Zi “Song wine” an allusion. After the beginning of the Han Dynasty Emperor Wu Di, the wine became a monopoly, liquor tax has become an important revenue of the Treasury. With the economic development, urban prosperity, the size of the restaurant is also growing. The layout of the Tang Dynasty city square system, the restaurants are located in the neighborhood (equivalent Lane Lane), such as North Lane, Ping Kangli is a wine shop and Qin House Chu Museum of miscellaneous areas. The abolition of the Square system in the Song Dynasty, the restaurant to the street development. Of the classic “Water Margin”, there are often restaurants, including “Leiyang House”, “Lion House”, are high-rise buildings, located downtown or scenic. There are two official and private-owned restaurants in the Song Dynasty. The official hotel is called the Crown House and the people