Pawnshops, also known as pawnbrokers, are formal non-bank financial institutions that specialize in issuing pledged loans, and are market organizations that mainly lend and sell goods. Because it has existed in the history of major countries in the world, the languages of different nationalities are expressed by fixed vocabulary.
brief introduction
Pawnshops in China are generally believed to have appeared no later than the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Pawnshops have different names in history, such as Dianpu, Pu Jie, Jieku, Quality Ku, Changsheng Ku and Dangkuo, but pawn activities have been popular for a long time. Pawning was very common among the people in Han Dynasty. At that time, Sima Xiangru took his robe to Yang Chang's house in the market to buy wine on credit, and then redeemed it when he was rich. Pawnshops in the modern sense appeared in the Southern Dynasties.
The pawn industry in China is symbolized by "bats and mice hanging money". Bats are homophonic with "blessing", and money symbolizes profit. The counter of the pawnshop is higher than that of the borrower, who needs to raise the collateral, so the receptionist is called "Chao Feng".
Between the gate and the counter, there is a wooden board called "shame mask", as well as a "ticket counter" and a "folding bed" that handle the handover procedures; Pawnshop is a multi-storey building for storing collateral. Because the pawn industry is a high-risk industry, the pawnshop building also has its requirements.