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What is the real history of Beijing Crescent Hotel?

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In the original work, Crescent Hotel is a mysterious institution, which often auctions some mysterious things, and the strength behind it cannot be underestimated. Yin, as the big lady of Crescent Hotel, said these words as soon as she appeared, which was very hard. If there is no strong background in her family, she wouldn't dare to have such a gesture. Crescent Hotel is a hotel on the surface, but it is actually a big auction house, and it is located in Beiping, which was once the name used by Beijing.

1368 (the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty) 12 September, most of them were renamed Beiping House, meaning "Peace in the North", and Beiping became the name of Beijing for the first time. 1949, Beiping was renamed Beijing. There were indeed several big auction houses in Peiping at that time!

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The foreign firm chose a quick-witted guy as an auctioneer, standing on the table with a mallet and a board in his hand. Introduce the article in a few words first, and the onlookers bid casually, competing to raise it to a certain extent. When there are no more people, the auctioneer standing on the table knocks on the board with a mallet, which is considered as a "clapper".

The buyer pays the money on the spot, the seller checks out and gets the money, and the auction house takes the commission in proportion. Buyers and sellers are sharp-eyed, and auction houses only act as middlemen, so business is booming. Since then, many people in Beijing have followed suit. Many auction houses opened by China people, such as Charity, Fuhe and Mao Heng, have appeared in Xidan Archway, Dong 'anmen Street and Yiwangfu Street.