Fuyicang, established in the sixth year of the Guangxu era (1880), was named to embody the meaning of ‘wealth through benevolence, and righteousness through harmony’. In its time, all the grain used in Hangzhou was transported via the canal and stored in Fuyicang, which was known alongside Beijing’s Nanxin Warehouse as ‘The Granaries of the World’. The granary complex consists of 13 buildings, with the main gate of Building 1 facing the canal wharf. The entrance is marked with the words ‘Socialist Dazhai’ in red paint, a door frame built at the end of the Qing Dynasty, now a century old, with the words dating back to the 1960s, all preserved in their original state. In front of the door frame, there is a canopy where porters could rest and have tea while the grain was being weighed and stored. Building 1 has a brick floor and was likely used as a husking room. Buildings 2 to 10 are long storage rooms for grain, with wooden floorboards creating a compartment to prevent moisture. Due to the height, wooden steps are used for access. Among them, Building 2, measuring 31.215 meters in length and 11.4 meters in width, is the largest grain storage room in Fuyicang, with seven sets of wooden steps lined up at the entrance. Building 12 has been destroyed and is now an empty plot, where neatly arranged bowl-shaped stones can be seen, resembling chess pieces on a board. These stones were the original column bases, and the number of stones corresponds to the number of columns that once stood. The park is open all year round, with full-day access.
Fuyicang Site Park
Fuyicang, established in the sixth year of the Guangxu era (1880), was named to embody the meaning of ‘wealth through […]
