Rishengchangji Bank was founded around 1823 (the third year of Daoguang reign), and its predecessor was Xiyucheng Pigment Store.

Record of the Rising Sun is a World Heritage Site announced by UNESCO. Rishengchang, located on West Street in the ancient city, is known as the No. 1 ticket bank in China. Rishengchangji Bank was founded around 1823 (the third year of Daoguang reign), and its predecessor was Xiyucheng Pigment Store. The financial owner is the Li family of Bocun, Xida, Pingyao; as more and more people requested to withdraw money, the business became more and more prosperous, so Xiyucheng Pigment Store changed its name to a bank specializing in deposits, loans, and exchange businesses, named "Risheng". "Changji"; and as an exchange system and a credit institution specializing in exchange, it began to take shape.

Rishengchang has set up more than 40 branch offices in Hankou, Tianjin, Jinan, Xi'an, Kaifeng, Nanjing and other places, covering almost the whole of China. The branches in various places have the sign "Rishengchang Huitong in Kyoto" "World"; in front of the gate of Rishengchang, you can see a gold plaque with "Rishengchang Ji" hanging high in the middle of the wide five-room facade. There are four characters "日" hidden in the name, which means the rising sun. Dongsheng, prosperous and prosperous, the plaque is said to have been written by Chen Hang, the number one scholar in the last years of Jiaqing.

Introduction to Rishengchangji Banknote Building

Rishengchangji faces the river in the south and the street in the north. Beside the door is the sales room, also known as the counter room, which is the main place for exchange business. place. The rooms on both sides are the clerk's lounge and the second shopkeeper's reception room respectively. The upper floor is the office and the room where the accounts are stored. The main hall is the place where the boss, the shopkeeper and the merchants discuss business. The side room of the main hall is the bank room.

Rishengchangji covers an area of ??997 square meters, with a construction area of ??650 square meters. The design function is to display ticket number culture. Mainly through the display of physical objects, pictures, and multimedia scene reproduction, it uses commercial objects and materials such as currency, contracts, trademarks, seals, scales, tax bills, and stocks to display the business culture of Taierzhuang from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China and tell the story of Taierzhuang. The changes in business culture, especially the development process of ticket accounts, reflect the golden years of Taierzhuang's business culture from different angles.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia-Rishengchang Ji