Pingyao Ancient City

 Today, went to the ancient city of Pingyao, Pingyao in central Shanxi Province, 100 km away from Taiyuan. Is a city with 2,700 years of history, and now the wall of the Ming Dynasty Hongwu 3 years (1370 AD), is the most complete of the existing Qing county, December 31, 1997 by the United Nations formally included in the World Heritage List. before in books or on television often see Westerners come to China one lived for several years, fascinated by China, fell in love Chinese culture, Chinese culture, Chinese customs. As the descendants of that time did not feel anything, my heart is also strange that China has any good ah, I came to this country from birth, do not feel there What fascinated me ah. but also foreigners never seen the world laugh. Now as Pingyao ancient play only a glimpse into the fur of Chinese civilization. Shanxi Merchants in Ming and Qing dynasties has no style, Ming and Qing dynasties, Shanxi is China's financial center should be said that the specific, Shanxi, Pingyao, Qixian, Taigu.
Pingyao
Draft Draft is the predecessor bank, China's first ticket number to appear in Pingyao.
in the early 18th century, Pingyao, Shanxi, Jiexiu, Qi County and other counties in the business, there are many variety of shops opened in Beijing, the final year of money to take along home, generally escorted by bodyguard , high transport costs and unsafe. at Beijing village Leilv Tai Yu as pigments and some businessmen agreed to give the money to the West margin into Beijing and then to the western margin of Pingyao into cash. At first only for some friends and relatives to help, not exchange earnings from fees and charges, and later fellow think it's easy this way, the request against the more and more people call and agreed to some exchange fees.
Leilv Tai felt that big business is oil and water, with the owner Li Daquan deliberations, and was renamed the West Rishengchang Yucheng, exchange business franchise. Qing Dynasty, Shanxi number of votes increased to 33, Pingyao, there are 22 number of votes, number of votes across the country developed into more than four hundred, flat away at the time the country's financial markets play an important role. Pingyao was also a larger number of votes and other rivers pass.