Introduction--Sea-salt Museum of Chinese

Introduction

Preface
Sea salt, granted by the sea, is the witness of man to learn and use the nature. Since its birth, the crystal has bought us many legends and stories and played a crucial role in Chinese civilization and the social progress. One such example was the size change from the small kitchen range to the giant brine pan; another is the development of salt into a daily food staple; and finally, the salt tax contributed half of the state's revenue--true to the name of the most valuable national treasure.
Let's roam in the salt history to enjoy it.

Office scene
Sea salt production is divided into three stages: "brine boiling", "brine leaching", and "salt baking" . "Brine boiling" is practiced by our forefathers in ancent times."Brine leaching" is divided into four steps: firewood preparing, salt ash drying, brine le.....More>>

Part One Man's Comp
In the ancient Chinese classics, salt has been given the reputation of a must of people��s life and the most valuable national treasure for its specific role in human life, in delicious food, and in the country's revenue. Though thousands of years have passed and sc.....More>>

Part Two Salt Hist
Salt is an important strategic material, closely related to people's livelihood. In ancient China, there was a saying, salt tax income, half of the revenue. During the Spring and Autumn Period (BC 770��BC476), Qi kingdom began to "put mountains and the sea und.....More>>

Part Three Odes to
On the southeast coast of China spreads a stretch of brine, from which workers make sea salt by cooking while traders make money by selling. The honest hard-working people not only create material wealth, but also a colorful salt culture. Some intellectuals long-te.....More>>

Part Four Salt Citi
Between those cities and the coast, there are many salt fields, which produce a large amounts of salt. This was the primary impression of the 13th century Italian explorer Marco Polo��s when he first set foot on the ancient Yancheng earth. In fact, as early as in th.....More>>