典当,作为堪称关系民生大计的“钱、粮、金、当”四大行业之一,在神州大地上延传了1 500多年,典当之始仅是寺庙作为一种帮助穷人的善意行为。至南北朝时,大兴佛教,典当才走出寺院步入民间。北宋神宗时,制定了市易法,典当又归属官办,开设有抵当库、抵当所等,当铺名称由此而 Pawn, one of the four major industries called “Money, Food, Gold, and Dignity”, which is related to people’s livelihood, was extended to more than 1,500 years on the land of China. The beginning of the pawn was only the temple’s goodwill as a helping hand for the poor behavior. To the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Daxing Buddhism, pawn went out of the monastery into the private sector. When the Northern Song Dynasty Shenzong, the city developed a law, the pawn is owned by the government office, opened a denial of stock, arrived when the pawn shop name thus