Hangzhou NO.1 Social Welfare Institute

About

In the fourth year of Yuanyou in the Northern Song Dynasty, Hangzhou suffered from drought, epidemic and famine. Su Shi, then the satrap of Hangzhou, sympathized with the sufferings of the people and raised funds to set up an institute, called "Anle Institute", becoming the first government-run hospital for the people in history and the predecessor of Hangzhou First Social Welfare Institute. Over thousands of years, although Anle Institute has become history, the goodness of human nature contained in it has never ceased and has been passed down to this day.

Building Info

• Total Floor Area: 36880 m²

Sources

• ArchDaily