What is the "Fengyi Warehouse" known as "the first warehouse in the world" and why is it famous all over the world?

Fengtu Post Warehouse is exactly a place, which is now Chaoyi Grain Station in Dali County. It is famous for being the first private warehouse approved by the government in the history of our country.

The origin of local conditions and warehouses

Fengtu Post Warehouse is exactly a place, which is now Chaoyi Grain Station in Dali County. In 2006, China approved it as a national key cultural relics protection unit. At the same time, the local warehouse is also the first private warehouse in our history. Its warehouse building is large, with a grain storage capacity of 5,200 tons. It can be said that it is the first private warehouse in the world and the first private warehouse in the world.

Fengtu Yicang was founded in the eighth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1882). It was initiated by Yan Jingming, a famous financier in the late Qing Dynasty, and it took four years to build. Guangxu nine years (1886) officially put into use, began to store grain. Specifically, it is a private warehouse, which is one of the few large granaries in China in the Qing Dynasty. At that time, it was approved by Empress Dowager Zhu as "the first warehouse in the world".

The function of one warehouse for local conditions

After the completion of Fengtu Post Warehouse, it is not only a place to store grain, but also an ancient warehouse with defensive function. The outermost wall is 7.7 meters high, while the granary wall is 14.89 meters high, the granary is 133 meters wide from east to west and 83 meters long from north to south, with a total granary area of 1. 1 000 square meters. It is enough to prove that it protects the granary inside and will not easily steal other people's food.

Store troops in the granary to protect food.

Such a big granary, just a few old people looking at it will definitely not work. It is a granary with food security. They usually train when they are free. Anyone who doesn't have eyes to fool around will definitely make you change your mind. After all, this granary is built for ordinary people, and any natural or man-made disasters can be used.