The Sociological Exploration of “ Ren Qing Wei” in Shi-Dong Market, Taipei

“Ren Qing Wei” is a word that use to describe traditional wet markets in Taiwan, and it also regard as a special trait in traditional wet markets, even thought supermarkets and department stores springs up. However, when “Ren Qing Wei” was used without thinking, what was the truly definition of “Ren Qing Wei”? And how “Ren Qing Wei” appeared? It seems not in people’s thought. This thesis tries to discuss the real meaning of “Ren Qing Wei” by shih-don Market , a specific case of traditional wet market in Taipei, and used a viewpoint called “market drama” to observe shih-don Market. Although shih-don Market doesn’t have a long history as other traditional wet market in Taiwan, it was chosen to be the model of traditional wet market and gain lots of assistances from the government. By this resources, shih-don Market had the chance to reform its environment and appears like supermarkets and hyper－market. In to shih-don Market, this thesis found out that despite the environment had a massive change, this traditional wet market still remain its delicate human contacts. Thought the construction of trust, it line up three important relationships. There are venders and customers, venders and venders, venders and shih-don Market’s council. They built up different trust, and showed their interpersonal trust and system trust. Moreover, beside trust as a standard to evaluate people’s friendships. “Ren Qing Wei” on the other hand as a lubricant to smooth all the relationships. “Ren Qing Wei” is not just a word, it can also form a specific atmosphere inside shih-don Market, let human and their relationships be the main principle of this traditional wet market.