Why isn't the department store called Thousand Goods Building or Ten Thousand Goods Building?

At present, there are still several well-known department stores in China, such as Dayang Department Store and Wanqian Department Store, which have closed down. Unfortunately, I once worked in a well-known department store in China. On our first day at work, the training teacher specially introduced to us why there are only department stores and there are not thousands or thousands of commodity buildings.

There are actually two allusions. One is the meaning of the word "hundred" in China at all times and at all times. In ancient China, there were many idioms composed of hundreds, such as letting a hundred flowers blossom, singing birds and flowers, etc. , all symbolize a lot of meaning. Moreover, in the eyes of China people, hundred represents many meanings, and the hundred-dollar bill is already the largest name currency. So in China, the seriousness of department stores is equivalent to the meaning of complete goods. The second is an allusion of Qianlong period. During the Qianlong period, a businessman thought that his shop was full of goods, so he named himself "All Goods" and hung up the signboard of All Goods. One day, a customer came and said he needed a fork to shovel dung. At that time, the boss brought it right away. Later, the customer said he wanted a fork made of gold. There was no one in the shop, and the customer teased and said, "Aren't you suitable for all kinds of goods?" As a result, the boss was ashamed and asked the customer to mention another signboard. The guest officer was also very happy and nominated Department Store. Later, it was proved that the customer who made things difficult was the emperor Qianlong at that time, and the word "department store" was handed down from then on.

Now the development of department stores is getting more and more difficult, and the format of department stores may change greatly in the future. But we will remember the origin of the word "department store" after all.