Jiezhou Tongshan Granary

Jiezhou Tongshan Granary

Jiezhou Tongshan Granary is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Jiezhou Tongshan Granary

Era: Qing Dynasty

Address: Hongqi Street, Jiezhou Village, Jiezhou Town, Yanhu District, Yuncheng City

According to inscriptions on stelae, in the third year of the Guangxu reign (1877) during the Qing Dynasty, there was a severe drought in Hedong, and this granary was built in the sixth year of Guangxu (1880). The overall layout faces south with a north orientation, featuring a two-courtyard arrangement consisting of a front courtyard and rear granary. It is 59.5 meters wide from east to west and 164.403 meters long from north to south, covering an area of 9,782 square meters.

The main gate is seven bays wide and four rafters deep, with a double-leaf plank door in the central bay. Facing the gate is a seven-bay-wide granary building, with a central passageway. Passing through the passageway, identical granary structures stand on both the east and west sides—each seventeen bays (62 meters) wide and four rafters (11 meters) deep, with a single-eave flush gable roof. The front and rear wall construction techniques are the same, with walls sloping slightly inward. The granary features a unique timber frame structure with thick walls, ventilation openings on the roof, and elevated thick wooden flooring underground. The thick walls help maintain a cool temperature in summer and warmth in winter, while also providing protection against insects, rodents, and mold. The southern granary is seven bays wide and four rafters deep, with a central doorway leading to the rear courtyard, which serves as the area for grain drying and collection. In the rear courtyard’s northern side, there is a warehouse 65 meters long and 12 meters wide, with the central three bays serving as the Granary God Shrine, dedicated to the deity of grain. The statue of the Granary God inside the shrine has been destroyed, leaving only one bluestone stele inscribed with the “Daoxian Zha Wen,” rectangular in shape with a round top, standing 2 meters tall and 0.70 meters wide. On the eastern side between the rear and front courtyards, there remains a warehouse approximately seven bays (24 meters) wide and 10 meters deep.

On October 7, 2019, Jiezhou Tongshan Granary was included in the eighth batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units.

Source: Shanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau

Jiezhou Village: Jiezhou Village is located 20 kilometers southwest of Yuncheng City, bordered by the majestic Zhongtiao Mountain to the south, the shimmering Xiaochi Reservoir to the north, the vast hundred-li Salt Lake to the east, and the ancient Fengling Ferry to the west. It is the seat of the Jiezhou Town government.

Jiezhou Village currently administers 11 resident groups, with a total population of 5,430 and 1,704 households. The arable land area is 2,656 mu, and the per capita net income in 2011 was 8,000 yuan. The jurisdiction hosts 78 provincial, municipal, district, and town-level units, including the city’s largest aluminum plant and the nationally renowned Tianshui Pump Industry Co., Ltd. In recent years, the village has developed industries such as casting, metallurgy, building materials, chemicals, pump manufacturing, transportation... [More details about Jiezhou Village]

Further Reading:

· Fifth Batch of Shanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units

· Eighth Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units