Where is the origin of China Well Salt?

Well salt is produced in Zigong, Sichuan, China.

Zigong City, Sichuan Province is famous for its rich well salt in history. Its history of mining well salt has been more than 2000 years, so it is also called "Millennium Salt Capital".

The well salt produced here is crystal white, translucent and unique in shape, and its taste also contains the ancient traditional flavor of ancient salt. The taste is pure and not astringent, so local chefs like to cook with this salt best. Therefore, in Zigong, a unique food-Zigong salt-help dish has also been derived.

Zigong's salt mine was formed in Triassic 250 million years ago, with high purity. The content of sodium chloride in Zigong well salt is as high as 99.5%, while the content of sodium chloride required by international refined salt is greater than or equal to 99. 1%, so the purity of Zigong well salt is higher than that of international refined salt.

Development history of well salt;

The investors in well salt producing areas are mainly businessmen, especially Shaanxi and Shanxi. Most of them started from salt merchants and pawnbrokers. First, they started from controlling the transportation field of Sichuan salt and made a lot of profits through "renting, selling and selling on a commission basis". Then they further controlled the vast Sichuan salt sales ports, opened salt shops in various places and accumulated huge wealth. Finally, we will cooperate with local indigenous people to invest commercial capital in salt industry and turn it into industrial capital.

The salt workers who dig wells and burn stoves are mostly farmers who have lost the means of production and sold their labor in the form of labor for value. Among them, there are local aborigines, people from various counties in Sichuan, and refugees from Guizhou, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Yunnan and other places, especially those who make a living by cooking stoves.