A poem by You Diao of the Qing records how there were 24 icehouses outside Suzhou's Fengxi Gate, all established to store seafood. During the Qing, eating ice-fresh croaker became very fashionable.
清朝尤悼曾寫詩留下記錄，說蘇州葑溪門外二十四座冰廠是為海產保鮮興辦的，「年年特為海鮮置」。