Why is the pawnshop owner called Chaofeng, and what does the pawnshop big Chaofeng mean?

The business of Huizhou people is "their goods are everywhere, their land is everywhere, their time is all-encompassing, their calculations are all-encompassing, their benefits are all-encompassing, and their rights are all-encompassing." The title of Huizhou court, with the footprints of Huizhou people doing business, has gradually become known to people in various industries and regions, and has become the name of Huizhou merchants in various places. Huizhou people do all kinds of business, but the best thing is to open pawns.

There is even a saying in this industry that "no pawn is no emblem", to give a simple example, like many industries, there is a common hidden word among peers in the pawnbroking industry. Since Huizhou people account for the vast majority, the hidden language of the pawnbroking industry is also called "Hui language", which is produced according to the Huizhou dialect combined with local pronunciation. In Beijing, it is used in the pawnshop.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, it reads, press, search, shame, crooked, material, pretty, stupid, pay, spoon, "eat" is "copy", "no" is "wonderful", "old lady" is "lett", "little daughter-in-law" is "wash Xuanfen". The pawn in the Northeast also uses "Hui language", but a little Northeast accent is added, such as the number from one to ten is: shake, press, thin, sweep, tail, material, knock, run, horn, spoon.

This shows the great power of Huizhou people in the pawnbroking industry.

Since most of the pawnshops in various places are opened by the Huizhou court. People gradually got used to the fact that as soon as they entered the pawnshop, they opened their mouths and called them "Chaofeng". Later, the court simply became the general name of the pawnshop shopkeeper, regardless of whether the Hui people opened the business or not, all of them were crowned with the court.

Originally, it was an honorific title, but unlike agricultural labor, business operations could not always be gentle and frugal in order to make a profit. As the image of Huizhou merchants gradually took shape in people's minds, deepening day by day, the meaning of the court has been extended, the famous scholar Hu Shi is a native of Huizhou, he mentioned the Huizhou court in his autobiography in his later years: "The original meaning of the court contains the meaning of respect, indicating that a person is diligent and thrifty, but sometimes it also has the meaning of criticism such as meanness, indicating that a businessman, nothing else, only cares about making money."

The title "court" was used as a term for mercenary merchants.

Huizhou is located in the hinterland of southern Anhui, the territory is mountainous, there is little arable land, since ancient times, most of the annual grain harvest is not enough for a family to eat for three months. Therefore, in order to survive, the people of Huizhou in history had to leave their homeland one after another and go out to do business to make a living. This is also the main reason for the later "no Hui is not a town" and "Hui merchants are all over the world".

Walking on the old street of Tunxi, you can often see children who are swaying and walking, shouting to their grandfather who is waiting for them with open arms not far away: "Old Dynasty, Old Dynasty." "In the dialect of Tunxi Xiuning, the old dynasty is the grandfather.

Pronounced "old embarrassment". The name of the old dynasty is derived from the term Huizhou court.

In the Song Dynasty, the official ranks were courtly Fenglang, court-feng doctors, and in the Ming and Qing dynasties, salt shops and pawn clerks were often called Chaofeng, and there were also places to call Xiangkun. Later, in the Huizhou dialect, the rich were called pilgrimage. Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui are also used to call the steward of the pawnshop. No allusions.

Pawnshop Da Gong refers to the steward of the pawnshop.

Chaofeng was originally an official rank in the Song Dynasty, there were courtiers, courtiers, doctors, and in the Ming and Qing dynasties, they often called salt shops and pawn clerks as courtesy, and there were also places to call Xiangkun. Later Huizhou.

In the dialect, the rich are called pilgrimage. Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui are also used to call the steward of the pawnshop.

Especially in the Ming and Qing dynasties, Huizhou merchants rose vigorously, and "Huizhou Chaofeng" became the special name of Huiji's wealthy merchants and pawnshop shopkeepers. To this day, Huizhou people still have this title to call their grandfathers. To this day, Huizhou people still call their grandfather Chaofeng, Huizhou Xiuning.

The dialect area is like Tunxi.

Called "Lao Chao" or "Chao", Shexian.

It is called pilgrimage. <>

1. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the steward of the pawnshop and the clerk of the pawnshop were called courtiers. The Great Dynasty generally refers to the person in charge of the counter in the pawnshop. Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui also used to call the clerks of the salt shops as courtiers, because at that time, salt was a material controlled and sold by the imperial court, and the salt industry could only be managed by people with a business license.

2. The great worship in the pawnshop generally has the ability to identify precious pawns, such as jewelry, antiques, high-end clothing, etc., in order to estimate the value of pawns.

3. The official ranks of the Song Dynasty include the official position of the court, the court, and the doctor; There are also places where it is used to call the squire a courtier, such as calling the rich man a courtier in the story of "Warning the World"; In the Huizhou dialect, the rich are called pilgrimage.

In ancient times, there was a position in the pawnshop called "Chaofeng", which was mainly responsible for: inspecting and pricing.

The counter of the pawnshop is high, and the borrower needs to hold up the collateral to advance to the window, so the receptionist or shopkeeper is called "Chaofeng", who is mainly responsible for inspecting the goods, setting prices, deciding whether to accept the goods or not, and directly transacting with customers. The person who is responsible for filling in the pawn ticket and registering the pawn book is called the "ticket counter".