Ming granary

Ming granary is located in the east of Zhangye City, formerly known as ganzhoucang, commonly known as Dacang. In the 25th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty, it was built by Song Sheng, the governor of Gansu Province. After renovation and construction, it occupied an area of 4659 square meters and could store 7.7 million kilograms of grain. There are 54 houses in 9 blocks, with a building area of 1982.8 square meters. The roof truss is a "herringbone" shaped beam, which is made of beams, purlins and rafters. The barn is strong and durable, ventilated and earthquake resistant, and the grain storage has the functions of moisture-proof, rat proof, insect proof and mildew proof. The granary construction in Ming Dynasty has a history of more than 600 years, which played an important role in grain storage and food supply. Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, most of the grain purchased by Zhangye has been stored in Dongcang. The granary of Ming Dynasty can still store grain, which is one of the oldest and most complete ancient granaries in China.

Ming granary

Granary of Ming Dynasty, located in dongdacang yard of dongdajie, Ganzhou District, was built in Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 600 years. The whole granary design is scientific, the layout is exquisite, the building is reasonable, the ventilation is aseismic, and has many functions such as moisture-proof, rat proof, mould proof, insect proof and so on.

World granary - Ming granary

It is located in dongdacang yard, dongdajie street, Ganzhou district. It was built in Hongwu Period of Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 600 years. The whole granary has scientific design, exquisite layout, reasonable building, ventilation and earthquake resistance. It has many functions such as moisture-proof, rat proof, mould proof, insect proof and so on. Now it is the most complete granary of Ming Dynasty in Hexi area. There are 9 houses and 54 rooms, covering a total area of more than 4600 square meters, which can store 7.7 million kilograms of grain. There are about 100 measuring instruments and farming tools used in the warehouse during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as bucket, Sheng, dun, scale, seal, stone roller, stone mill, stone roller, plough and columbine.

Address: dongdacang hospital, Zhangye City

Longitude: 100.449822

Latitude: 38.925646

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