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Cangqian Granary 仓前粮仓Cāngqián Liángcāng
National heritage site · Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hangzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Cangqian Granary
A group of four storehouses beside the Yuhang Tang River at Cangqian, including two old timber granaries with a board dated 1859, where local grain keepers in 1953 created what was promoted as China's first insect-free granary. It became the model for a national campaign for granaries free of insects, mould, rats and sparrows, and a small exhibition on that history opened on the site in 2009.
How to get to Cangqian Granary
In Cangqian, about 2 km south-east of Hangzhou West railway station and 800 m east of the Zhang Taiyan residence along the same riverside street.
Nearby
- Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng 灵隐寺 10 km
A working Chan monastery beside a hillside of 1,000-year-old rock carvings - West Lake 西湖 10 km
The lake that taught China what a perfect landscape should look like
Also within 20 km: Dream Town, Cangqian 梦想小镇 (under 10 km), Former Residence of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎故居 (under 10 km), Xixi National Wetland Park 西溪湿地 (under 10 km), Zhongyi Bridge 忠义桥 (under 10 km), Liangzhu Museum 良渚博物院 (under 10 km), Feilai Feng Grottoes 飞来峰造像 (10 km).
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