Beixin Warehouse

　　Destination Introduction
　　Beixin Warehouse is located at No. A16, Beixin Warehouse Hutong, Dongcheng District. It served as a grain storage facility during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

　　　　During the Yuan Dynasty, the area around Dongzhimen was once a river channel. In the mid-Ming Dynasty, water transport was still possible, and granaries such as Haigang Warehouse and Beixin Warehouse were established here to store transported grain. Hence, the southern gate led to Haigang Warehouse and the northern gate to Beixin Warehouse, with the overall structure forming a “日” (sun) shape. In the early Ming Dynasty, official granaries had strict revenue and expenditure systems, and containers for receiving and distributing grain were also strictly regulated. In addition to being used for various government expenditures, some of the grain stored in Beijing’s official granaries during the Ming Dynasty was also used for price stabilization and disaster relief. After the Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing in 1900, they forcibly occupied the granaries. This marked the end of the history of grain storage in the official granaries of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

　　　　Location: No. A16, Beixin Warehouse Hutong, Dongcheng District

　　　　The granary buildings of Beixin Warehouse are made of brick, with each storage unit (aofang) consisting of five rooms. Each unit is 23.6 meters wide and 17 meters deep. There were 49 granary units in the early Qing Dynasty, which increased to 85 by the 32nd year of the Kangxi reign (1693). Seven granary units remain today and are key cultural relics protected at the municipal level in Beijing.  Transportation Information
　　It is accessible by subway and multiple bus routes.

　　 Dongcheng District, Beijing

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