北舞渡镇是清代中原地区著名的商业城镇,其金融业的产生、发展与商业的繁荣有很密切的关系。清代北舞渡镇的金融业由票号和当铺两大类型构成,其中票号不仅有山西著名票号蔚盛长,而且从北舞渡镇的制油业中也产生了本地票号。清代北舞渡镇金融业的产生与中国古代金融业主要机构——票号产生的一般途径相吻合,中原地区便利的水运交通条件推动了清代城镇商业、金融业的发展。
The rise and growth of banking industry in the town of Beiwudu, a well - known business town in central China in the Qing Dynasty, was closely related with the prosperity of commerce there. The banking industryin the town then consisted mainly of two major types of business, exchange shops and pawnshops. The exchange shops there included not only Weishengchang, one of the well-known in Shanxi but also exchange shops that hadgrown out of the local oil-making industry. Apparently, the rise of banking industry in the town of Beiwudu coincided with the general way in which exchange shops, the organ of banking industry in ancient China, came intobeing., Moreover, the convenient water transport in central China helped promote development of urban banking industry and commerce in the Qing Dynasty.