Long-term Lhasa resident, Han Zuyun, is interviewed by Tsering Gyalpo about the history of Beijing shops in Lhasa in the mid-20th century. He discusses who the early Chinese merchant families were, the types of goods, such as skins, yak tails, and caterpillar fungus, they brought from Lhasa to sell in Beijing and Hong Kong, the Hebaling neighborhood, and the relationship between these families and the Qing Amban in Lhasa. He compares the areas where Chinese merchants came from in the early days with where they are coming from now. He also recounts the other merchants, such as the large Khampa trading families, and Nepali and Kashmiri merchants, present in Lhasa in the early days.