8 Centennial Warehouses Transformed Into Fashionable Commercial Establishments

Although the appearance of the docks has changed little, the contents inside the warehouse are not goods and conveyer belts. The international wine purchasing center, movie library, bar, restaurant and restaurant are open among them. This has also gradually become the focus of the fashion brand press conference and the new product exhibition.

In Taigu warehouse, some young people with SLR cameras are walking around inside and outside the warehouse. They are tired and sit down for a glass of water. The high volume of the warehouse makes the entertainment facilities and the tourists who haunt them look smaller. Invariable is the sparkling pearl river outside the pier, and the white goose pond that is not far away.

　　 Taigu warehouse:

The earliest signs of Guangzhou's "industrial heritage"

According to the Port Liability Company, the construction time of Taigu docks was built in the early twentieth Century of 20~30. It was originally built by the British Pacific Pacific Building. The three T-shaped stack concrete wharf is still well preserved today. The terminal shoreline is 321 meters long, and the 8 warehouse buildings with an English style building area are 17113 square meters. The quality of the building is excellent. Despite decades of wind and rain, the structure of the building is almost intact. The reinforcement used to support the pier is a product of the Consolidated Steel Corporation in Manchester, England. Although it is in the river, it still does not rust.

The Tai Koo docks are also the oldest wharf that Guangzhou is still using. From 1856 to 1860, most foreigners lived in the area from the existing Taigu Ferry Pier to the white shell ferry terminal. At that time, the warehouses in this area were lined up, and boats and boats were gathered together, which is an important place for Guangzhou's inner port's foreign trade. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Taigu warehouse terminal has been a kind of port opened to the outside world by the state, operating the international routes of domestic coastal routes, Hong Kong and Macao and Southeast Asian countries. A lot of famous films and dramas have been filmed, such as the hit TV series shrimp balls.

　　 Osaka warehouse:

　　 Urban explorers Destination

Few people can expect that similar dilapidated and old-fashioned warehouses and factories can become the most "wet" scenic spots in Guangzhou in a few years, attracting the youngest visitors. But not all "industrial heritages" have such luck. Known as the only "Japanese style castle building" in Guangzhou, Osaka warehouse has been announced as a heritage preservation unit, but its development is slow. The appearance of the building is still intact, but the decoration of the interior and doors and windows has long been seriously damaged. Because of this mystery, it has become one of the destinations of a few urban adventure lovers. Some of them are rented by several companies and are stacked with different kinds of goods.

　　 Jardine warehouse:

The "ancestor" of the grain storage industry is still very good.

stay Guangzhou Fangcun City East Guangdong grain and oil storage and transportation company in the reservoir area, you can find a century old "first warehouse". It also has many other names, such as "Jardine warehouse", "inside five" and "port five wharf". There are now six warehouses and a riverside dock. According to experts in grain and oil storage and transportation, these terminals and warehouses constructed by foreign investors and Chinese workers are still in use in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. They are very strong, even comparable to modern warehouse buildings. They can be called the "old ancestor" of the larger grain enterprises in China.

Experts pointed out that Jardine warehouse, as an important grain storage base in Southern China, has played an important role in land reform in Guangdong, in order to resist US aggression and aid Korea, to resist Vietnam and Vietnam, to fight against natural disasters for 3 years, to provide disaster relief for many major floods, to protect Guangdong's munitions and civilian food, and to further liberalize the grain market for Guangdong's reform and opening up.

　　 Old times Foreign warehouse Equivalent to "concession"

Experts pointed out that Guangzhou's old warehouses are mostly concentrated in the Pearl River rear channel Haizhu and the original Fangcun section of the two sides, there are historical reasons. In the same year, with the completion of the sand concession, almost all the foreign institutions were concentrated, and the location value of the fairway was enhanced. In addition, the monopoly position of foreign countries (especially the United Kingdom) was consolidated by the location of warships in the white goose pond, and after that, the waterways had excellent hydrology and water depth. Therefore, foreign companies in various countries opened up docks and built warehouses here. In addition to Taigu warehouse and Jardine warehouse, in the same period, Osaka merchants, British merchants Asiatic flower storehouse, British merchant Asia Dragon mark warehouse, British business Yihe International Bank Jardine warehouse pier, American Texaco oil depot and Japanese clearance warehouse were all well preserved. According to statistics, eight of the 11 main foreign companies on the surface of sand are warehouses and docks. Although these warehouses are not on the sand concession, they all lay out the boundary. The regulations do not allow Chinese people to ask questions. Foreigners are appointed warehouse managers.