Xizang Yanjing Millennium Ancient Salt Field

Salt wells are famous for producing salt, due to the unique geological features of the locals, the locals can get large chunks of salt through drying salt fields, is a treasure of feng shui, it is said that in ancient times in order to compete for salt wells, there have been several conflicts between the toasts.

Mangkang. Millennium ancient salt field In order to see this salt field, you have to walk more than 200 kilometers of mountain roads. However, such a spectacle is indeed worth seeing. In addition, I also appreciate the beauty of 214, which is worth 200 kilometers.

Yanjing Town, Mangkang County, Tibet, is located on both sides of the Lancang River, at an altitude of 2,300 meters. It is the only place in China to maintain the complete and most primitive manual salt drying method. It has a history of 1300 years. The salt well has a long history of salt drying, and it is said that there has been a history of salt drying since the King Gesar period. King Gesar and Naxi have a war over salt wells. According to historical evidence, there is a history of salt wells drying salt from before the Tang Dynasty. To look up from the history of the world salt industry, there is no salt well-style salting method, it is unique in the world.

Mangkang salt wells thousands of years of ancient salt fields, has a history of 1300 years, located on the east and west sides of the Lancang River in Yanjing Town, Mangkang County, Tibet, close to the 214 National Highway of "Gangzang Highway", is the only place in China to maintain a complete and most primitive hand-salted salt method, more than 120 kilometers from Mangkang icon county.

Yanjing Ancient Yantian is located in Naxi Nationality Township, Mangkang County, 107 kilometers away from the county seat, 214 national road Lancang River on both sides of the east and west, about 2,300 meters above sea level. "Salt well" is named because of the salt production, the salt well Tibetan name "wipe Carlo", "wipe" means salt, is the place where salt is produced, according to historical records as early as the Tang Dynasty salt wells have a history of salt, and there are more than 1200 years of history. There is simple folklore, when you see the bell milk salt in the room, will definitely introduce you to the world of the Crystal Palace, showing you a natural, beautiful spectacle. Salt is the survival of the people of the salt well, is one of the main sources of economic income of the people of the salt well. There are currently 3,454 salt fields, 64 pure salt people engaged in salt production, agricultural and pastoral labor and salt production workers have 2013 people. Salt production methods are the only, oldest and most primitive in the world. People from the ladder down to the bottom of the hole a few meters to a depth of more than ten meters, the brine back up and poured into the salt field, after strong sunlight, the water gradually evaporated, after the salt grain, dry into the market for commodity trading. Each salt field produces about a dozen pounds of salt, sweeping once every three to five days, sweeping once every fifteen days when the weather is bad, the peach blossom season is the highest salt production in February and March of the lunar calendar, the quality is the best, and the price is higher than usual. Annual salt production is about 3 million pounds, income is about 1 million to 1.3 million. Salt's sales are relatively wide, in addition to Gongjue County, Chaya County, Zuogong County, Basu County, Mangkang County, Nyingchi County, Batang County, Litang County, Kangding County, Sichuan Province, Deqin County, Shangri-La County, Weixi County and other places in Yunnan Province. Mainly in the way of salt, grain exchange, especially the pastoral area favorite salt well salt, said livestock eat this salt body longer and more meat. Salt wells are a feng shui treasure land, Yanjing Village is stationed in the arms of the mountain god, because here from ancient times to the present is a traffic road, in the past is an important station of the "Tea Horse Ancient Road", and now it is the only way to go on the 214 line of the national road. It has always been a distribution center for various commodities. Salt wells have a long history. Before the Tubu Dynasty in Tibet, there were salt fields when the tribes in Tibet occupied one side. Legend has it that in the six posts of Dokang, Mangkanggang is a salt-producing post, so it is very famous. The legendary battle between King Gesar and King Naxi and the Battle of the Salt Wells, called the Battle of the Guling, finally King Gesar defeated the Battle of the Battle of the Salt Well, occupied the Salt Well, and captured the son of King Naxi, Youla, to the late Tubu Dynasty in Tibet. Prince Nassey became Prince Nassey's minister of Gesar, and the salt field gave Prince Nassey Yussera, which has maintained the oldest and most primitive salt production method.