Donation pavilion - Kifuho

…Jiaozi is a term meaning a certificate showing the delivery of monetary goods. The use of bills of exchange became popular in China during the Tang Dynasty. In Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty, there were businesses called qifupu or kibo that would accept other people's copper coins, gold, silver, silk, and other monetary items and issue bills of exchange. These bills were used for transactions within the city, and there was also a lot of exchange of bills of exchange (bian ka, bian sen, and fui sen) between Chang'an and major cities in the provinces. During the Song Dynasty, qifupu spread to prefectures, counties, and other cities, and so did bills of exchange. …

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "donation pavilions" is listed below.

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…交子は銭財を交付したことを示す証票という意味の呼称である。中国で手形の利用が盛んになるのは唐代からで，唐の長安には寄附鋪，櫃坊（きぼう）などと呼ばれ，他人の銅銭や金銀絹帛などの貨幣的物貨を預って預り手形を発行する業者がいて，その手形が市中の取引に用いられ，また長安と地方大都市とのあいだの送金為替手形の取組み(便換，便銭，飛銭)も盛んであった。宋代になると寄附鋪は州･県などの都市にも普及し，したがって手形も普及した。…

※「寄附鋪」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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