The origins of China's grain reserves are very far-reaching, and about 10,000 years ago, with the gradual transition to primitive agriculture with gathering and hunting, began at the same time. According to research, China's primitive agriculture germinated in the late Paleolithic period and developed in the Neolithic period. Storage is a continuation of cultivation. The ancients "ate the truth of grass and trees, the flesh of birds and beasts, drink their blood, and ru their hair", life is extremely unstable, and people have to find ways to open up new sources of food all the time. From the stone millstones unearthed at the Shimokawa cultural site, the primitive processing tool used to process natural grain, it can be seen that there could not have been grain storage in the late Paleolithic period 17,000 years ago. In the Neolithic period, with the development of primitive agriculture, it gradually developed from processing to storage.

After the grain harvest returns, most of the Central Plains, where the land is open and the climate is dry, use the method of digging cellars to store grain, that is, underground warehouses. For example, at the site of Magnetic Mountain, nearly 90 cellars were found, all of which had thick accumulation of carbonized millet; In addition, underground granary cellars for grain storage have been found in the underground granary cave sites of Xinzheng Pei Ligang in Henan, Gugou in Mixian County, Malianggou in Mixian County, Tieshenggou in Gongxian County, Miaodigou in Shaanxi County, Wu'an Magnetic Mountain in Hebei, Banpo in Xi'an, Lintong Jiangzhai, Hakka Zhuang, Beishouling in Beishouling, and Dadi Bay in Qin'an, Gansu.

In the southern region, where the land is low and the climate is rainy, most of them use lower-level overhead dry-fenced houses to store grain. The earlier grain silo on the ground is the "dry column" granary unearthed at the site of Hemudu in Zhejiang, and the grain in the warehouse is also contained, which is proved to have a history of 7,000 years and is the earliest grain storage facility in southern China. In addition, Qianshanyang in Huzhou, Zhejiang, Longnan in Meiyan, Wujiang, Jiangsu, etc., on the inner surface of a Liangzhu culture pottery cover unearthed at the site of Xiantan Temple in Haiyan, Zhejiang, depict a pattern of a dry-fence building, which excavators believe is likely to be the image of a dry-fence granary.

Based on the above historical facts, it is enough to prove that China has a long history of grain storage, and it is one of the countries with the earliest development of grain storage technology in the world.