夜市作为一种商业形式,不但存在于现代社会,也跻身于中国古代经济诸形态之列。随着古代社会的发展,以交换为目的的商品经济日益成为社会经济的重要组成部分,“夜市”的出现与发展则是这种变化的直接表征之一。夜市作为古代城市经济生活的一种特殊形态,虽没有进入经济发展的主流领域,但其具有经济与文化相交融特质,成为古人津津乐道的对象之一,扬州夜市则是其中翘楚。唐朝时,扬州城市和乐,声色繁华,夹岸画楼让人不惜买醉,二十四桥明月让人不舍入眠。就其夜市,时人称:“夜市千灯照碧云,高楼红 As a commercial form, the night market not only exists in modern society but also ranks among the various forms of ancient Chinese economy. With the development of the ancient society, the commodity economy with the purpose of exchange increasingly becoming an important part of the social economy. The appearance and development of the ”night market“ is one of the direct representations of this change. As a special form of economic life in the ancient city, the night market has not entered the mainstream of economic development but has the characteristics of blending economy with culture. It has become one of the objects that the ancients talked about recklessly, and the night market in Yangzhou is one of the leaders. When the Tang Dynasty, Yangzhou city and music, sensual and bustling, clip shore floor people buy at no expense drunk, twenty-four bridge moon people not sleep. On its night market, when people say: ”night market thousands of lights according to Pik Wan, tallest building red