Merchants in ancient China. What are the more famous ones, such as Shanxi merchants?

Shanxi merchants, usually in the sense of Shanxi merchants, refer to Shanxi merchants in the five hundred years of Ming and Qing Dynasties. Shanxi businessmen are engaged in salt industry, banking and other businesses, especially banks. Shanxi merchants also left rich architectural heritages for China, such as the famous Qiao Family Courtyard, Changjia Manor and Cao Family Sanduo Hall.

Chapman, also called "Chaozhou Merchant" for short, refers to the merchants in Chaoshan area (Chaozhou, Jieyang, Shantou and Fengshun) in Guangdong Province. They are one of the Cantonese businessmen in a broad sense, the three traditional business groups in China, the commercial and maritime business groups in China, and a Chinese business group with a worldwide business community and marine culture. It was formed in the late Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties until now.

Huizhou merchants, namely Huizhou merchants and Xin 'an merchants, commonly known as "Hui Gang", refer to Huizhou (government) merchants. Huizhou merchants come from Huizhou, including six counties: Yun, Xiuning, Wuyuan, Qimen, Yi and Jixi, that is, Guxin 'an County. Among the six counties, the merchants in Ganning and Xiuning are particularly famous. Huizhou merchants became active in the Song Dynasty, and their heyday was in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.

Zheshang generally refers to a collection of businessmen and industrialists from Zhejiang. From ancient times to the present, Zhejiang businessmen have been an important driving force for China's economic development. They were merchants who traveled all over the world during the Warring States period 2400 years ago, and the world was a city.

Guangdong merchants, also known as Guangdong merchants' gangs, are composed of three local ethnic groups and other ethnic groups in Guangdong, including Guangdong local gangs such as Guangfu Gang, Chaozhou Gang, Hakka Gang and Hailufeng Gang.

Su Shang. The main body of Suzhou merchants in Ming and Qing Dynasties was Dongting merchants, so their fame was not as great as Dongting merchants. In Suzhou, as far as groups are concerned, nothing is more typical than the people in Dongting East Mountain and Dongting West Mountain. Guangdong merchants, Huizhou merchants, Shanxi merchants, Zhejiang merchants and Jiangsu merchants are collectively called the "five major business gangs" in history.