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In the late Qing and Republican China era (1840-1949), Chinese pawnbrokers employed flexible strategies to extend their business to a wide range of social members. Various measures such as relationship building, strategic philanthropy, and social value advancement were adopted to improve pawnbroking industry's and pawnbrokers' social image. [4]
The symbol of a pawn shop in Hong Kong is a bat holding a coin (Chinese: 蝠鼠吊金錢, Cantonese: fūk syú diu gām chín). The bat signifies fortune and the coin signifies benefits. In Japan, the usual symbol for a pawn shop is a circled number seven because "shichi", the Japanese word for seven, sounds similar to the word for "pawn" (質).
Lau Dong Ban (Chinese: 流當品): The deadline for repaying loans and getting back the pawned item(s) ends. Leoi Gung Gwang (Chinese: 雷公轟): The mortgage interest. Ze Cau Baan (Chinese: 遮羞板): A big shield standing in front of the main gate, used to hide the inside of the store.
Without an owner to manage the shop, the name of Pawnshop No. 8 temporarily disappears from the world. Dark Shadow then begins his quest for a new owner to continue his dream of world conquest. Years later, as the Qing dynasty draws to an end, a salesman's son named Han Nuo happily marries the love of his life, with whom he soon has a son named ...
In 2000, the Secretariat for Social Affairs and Culture restored the shop building to its original design. [3] It was then opened to the public on 21 March 2003. The building received an Honorable Mention in the UNESCO 2004 Asia-Pacific Awards for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage and was selected as an Urban Best Practices Area by Shanghai ...
Southern China, namely cities in Guangdong Province, is the birthplace of tong lau and ke lau. They were built by wealthy Chinese merchants in the cities like Guangzhou and, with the aid of overseas Chinese, in emigrant market towns like Chikan, Kaiping. [11] Locations in Guangzhou with Ke lau: Renmin Zhong Road (人民中路)
Tung Tak Pawn Shop in 2007. Marsh Street in August 2015, with Tung Tak Pawn Shop on the left. Site of the demolished Tung Tak Pawn Shop in November 2015. Tung Tak Pawn Shop (Chinese: 同德押), also referred to as Nos. 369 & 371 Hennessy Road, is a former pawn shop and Grade III historic building in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. It was demolished in ...
Austin Lee Russell (born September 8, 1982), better known by his stage name Chumlee, is an American businessman and reality television personality, best known for his appearances on the History Channel television show Pawn Stars, which depicts day-to-day business at the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas where he works.