Shanxi merchants

Shanxi merchants

Shanxi merchants (Chinese: 晋商 jinshang) were prominent businessmen from the Song to the Qing dynasty.

CCTV created an eight-part documentary about them in 2006.

See also

* Shanxi

External links

* [http://big5.cnave.com:8080/productdetail.php?pid=121189 CCTV documentary]


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