Shanxi is the hometown of finance and one of the important birthplaces of Chinese finance, "said Zhang Wenqing, director of the Shanxi Merchants Museum on the 19th. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Shanxi merchants gathered all over the world. Taiyuan, Shanxi, is a national historical and cultural city with a history of more than 2500 years. It not only has 2237 precious historical relics, but also nurtured the Shanxi merchant culture that once wrote brilliant legends. On that day, the opening ceremony of Shanxi Financial History and Culture Museum and the unveiling ceremony of Shanxi Financial Culture Education Demonstration Site were held in Taiyuan, Shanxi. The Shanxi Financial History and Culture Museum is located at 41 Gulou Street, Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province. It was once the site of the Shanxi Official Money Bureau and Shanxi Provincial Bank. Since its completion in 1912, it has witnessed every important moment in Shanxi's modern and contemporary financial history. Entering the Shanxi Financial History and Culture Museum, the museum traces the origin, development, and transformation of Shanxi's financial industry, divided into five exhibition areas: Shanxi Financial Origins, Republican Shanxi Finance, Shanxi Red Finance, Contemporary Shanxi Finance, and New Era Shanxi Finance. It provides valuable perspectives for understanding the past, present, and future of Shanxi's financial industry, plays an important role in promoting Shanxi's financial history and culture, and also provides a platform for financial practitioners, historical and cultural enthusiasts, and the public to deeply understand the development of Shanxi's financial history. It is reported that the pavilion was jointly built by the Financial Work Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, the Shanxi Branch of the People's Bank of China and the Bank of Shanxi. As a branch of the Shanxi Merchants Museum, it will be fully operated and maintained by the Shanxi Merchants Museum and open to the public free of charge. Zhang Wenqing told reporters that the Shanxi Financial History and Culture Museum will play a university role as a museum, deeply explore the connotation and value of Shanxi's financial culture, interpret the historical changes and development achievements of Shanxi's financial industry, and build an important bridge for spreading Shanxi's financial culture. As a financial industry worker, Gao Jiliang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shanxi Bank, said, "We hope that every visitor can appreciate the pioneering, profound, and firm work of financial predecessors while gazing at history, and further understand the long history of Shanxi finance and the profound and extensive culture of Shanxi merchants. The bank will continue to excavate, spread, and promote Shanxi's financial history and culture, and help the Shanxi Financial Culture Museum become better and better." Zhang Jiongwei, Deputy Director of the Finance Office of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee (in charge of daily work), Deputy Secretary of the Finance Working Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee (in charge of daily work), and Director of the Shanxi Local Financial Management Bureau, expressed the hope to further deepen the excavation of Shanxi's financial history, continuously enrich exhibition content, activate exhibition methods, and create an important window for vividly showcasing financial culture and telling Shanxi's financial stories. And cultural landmarks, To contribute to the high-quality development of Shanxi's economy and society, and to enable more people to learn, understand, and use finance, and share the fruits of financial development. (New Society)