上海县至明未始为全国有名县城和通商要埠。工商汇集“群然杂处其地者，罔不设立会馆，为同乡江叙之所”，到了清代，先后出现一百二十余个会馆公所，县城内外星罗棋布，其数量之多，堪称九州之冠。各地会馆往往“事以培元为始，是必先立谊园，继创公所，而兴会馆为次第焉。” Shanghai County did not begin to be a famous county in the country and a key trader. The “Industry and Business” group “has not set up a hall, and has not set up a hall to serve as the hometown of Syria.” In the Qing Dynasty, there have been more than 120 halls and counties, and there are a large number of them, which can be called Kyushu. Crown. The venues around the world tend to “do things with Peiyuan as the starting point. It is necessary to establish Liyi Garden first, followed by the creation of a public office, and the Xinghui Hall is the first resort.”