Zigong Well Salt [Sichuan Zigong Specialty]

What is Zigong Well Salt? Authentic Sichuan Zigong Specialty: Zigong Well Salt

Summary:Do you want to know what Zigong Well Salt is? This article is a detailed introduction to the special product of Zigong, Sichuan Province - Zigong Well Salt. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information on Zigong Well Salt. The full text takes about 4 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Zigong Well Salt

Basic Introduction of Zigong Well Salt

Zigong Well Salt is a famous specialty in Ziliujing District, Zigong City, Sichuan Province. The product has a history of more than 2000 years of mining, and its deep drilling and drawing techniques have been approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. Zigong Well Salt is an indispensable seasoning in Sichuan cuisine

The state attaches great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage. On May 20, 2006, the Zigong Well Salt Deep Drilling and Drawing Technique was approved by the State Council and included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list. On June 5, 2007, Yan Changwu from Daying County, Sichuan Province was identified by the Ministry of Culture as the representative inheritor of this cultural heritage project and was included in the first batch of 226 representative inheritors of national intangible cultural heritage projects. E36

The long history of extracting brine and making salt in Zigong can be traced back to nearly two thousand years ago during the reign of Emperor Zhang of the Eastern Han Dynasty (76-88 AD) and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty (561-578 AD), when Fushi County was established due to Fushi Salt Well and Gongjing Town was established due to Dagong Well. In the first year of the Wude reign of the Tang Dynasty (618 AD), due to the establishment of Rongzhou, the town was renamed Gongjing County. In the third year of the Xianfeng reign of the Qing Dynasty (1853), the Daping Heavenly Kingdom captured Nanjing, and Huaiyan was blocked. Sichuan salt was brought to Chu, enabling the transportation and sales of salt from the two lakes and Huai River to the coastal market. E36

In 1937, with the rise of the Anti Japanese War, sea salt stagnated and Sichuan salt rose again, which led to the need for the establishment of a city in Chu. On September 1, 1939, the east and west two fields, namely Ziliujing and Gongjing, known as the Furong Salt Field in the history of Sichuan Salt Industry, were separated and merged from Fushun and Rong counties to establish Zigong City under provincial jurisdiction. The road from establishing towns and counties due to salt to establishing cities due to salt in Zigong is a typical resource development oriented urban development path. Zigong holds an important position in the history of ancient science and technology, economy, and urban development in China. The historical and cultural connotations centered around the Jingyan culture are very rich. There are currently 88 cultural relics protection units in the city. Among them, the Xiqin Guild Hall and Shenhai Well, Rongxian Giant Buddha, Fushun Confucian Temple, and the former residence of Wu Yuzhang, where the Zigong Salt Industry History Museum is located, are all national key cultural relics protection units. E36