Abstract: Based on a thorough reading of local gazetteers, this article addresses three questions:1)the relationship between town and countryside, as seen through objects offered  for sacrifice at temple fairs;2)the similarities and differences in the commercial and social integration functions of between temple fairs in towns and the  countryside;3)the merger and interaction between temple fairs in towns and in the countryside, and the social and cultural relationship between town and country reflected in this merger and interaction