山西商人在张家口贸易活动,历经明、清到民国,达二百余年,先后开设大小店铺千余家,除经营大宗商品的店铺外,还有多家当铺。如榆次车辋村常家在张家口开的店铺有50多家,经销的商品上至茶叶和绸缎,下至油盐和葱蒜,几乎无所不包。开当铺也是晋商生财之道。旧社会的当铺,也称“典当 Shanxi merchants in Zhangjiakou trade activities, after the Ming and Qing dynasties, for more than two hundred years, has opened more than a thousand shops, in addition to the bulk of the shops, there are a number of pawnshops. Such as Yuci Carribean Village often open shop in Zhangjiakou have more than 50, the distribution of goods to the tea and silk, down to the oil and onion and garlic, almost all-encompassing. Open pawnshops is the way of making money in Shanxi. Pawn shops in the old society, also known as “pawn.”