Former Site of Dayicheng Spinning Mill

Former Site of Dayicheng Spinning Mill

The Former Site of Dayicheng Spinning Mill is a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Shanxi Province.

Former Site of Dayicheng Spinning Mill (Fifth Batch of Provincial-Level Protected Sites)

Era: Guangxu 20th Year of the Qing Dynasty (1894), Republic of China

Address: Southern part of Qiaoxi Village, southwest of Xinjiang County, Yuncheng City

The Dayicheng Spinning Mill faces south and stretches 168 meters from east to west and 280 meters from north to south, covering an area of over 47,000 square meters. In the early Guangxu 20th Year of the Qing Dynasty (1894), Hu Pinzhi, the governor of Shanxi, raised funds to establish the “Jiangzhou Spinning Mill,” which was later aborted due to insufficient funding and political changes. In early 1926, Li Tong, a native of Xinjiang, re-established the “Dayicheng Textile Company.” He purchased a complete set of spinning equipment and power boilers, generators, and other machinery imported from Britain over 20 years earlier from Jardine Matheson in Tianjin. He restored 100 sawtooth-shaped factory buildings and added structures such as the boiler room, electrical and mechanical building, machine repair workshop, and warehouses. The mill spanned three centuries and underwent multiple transformations, including Jiangzhou Spinning Mill, Xinjiang Arts Company, Xinjiang Dayicheng Textile Co., Ltd., Japanese-managed Factory No. 33, Xinjiang Sanlin Textile Mill, Southern Shanxi Textile Mill, and Xinjiang Textile Mill. After restructuring in 1997, it became Shanxi Xinjiang Textile Co., Ltd.

The Former Site of Dayicheng Spinning Mill is one of China’s earliest national textile enterprises and a representative example of modern industrial heritage. Its spatial structure, architectural layout, and scale have retained their historical authenticity, with little change to the surrounding environment. The site maintains a high degree of authenticity, and the existing industrial remains continue to serve their original functions and remain in use, demonstrating good integrity.

Source: Shanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau

Further Reading:

· Fifth Batch of Provincial-Level Protected Sites in Shanxi Province