Where does the salt in Sichuan come from?

The salt eaten in Sichuan mainly comes from Zigong well salt.

Zigong well salt refers to the well salt developed in Zigong area. Zigong well salt is the basic type of daily industrial products and the main category of industrial products purchased for tourism. Zigong Well Salt is a famous specialty of ziliujing district, Zigong City, Sichuan Province, which has been mined for more than 2000 years. Zigong well salt is an indispensable seasoning in Sichuan cuisine.

Historically, Zigong City, Sichuan Province is famous for its rich well salt. Zigong has been mining well salt for 2000 years. Within the 55 square kilometers of Zigong, the local working people have dug more than 654.38+300,000 salt wells, producing more than 70 million tons of salt and more than 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

Among the many preserved salt wells, in addition to Dagong Well, Yangyan Well, Fayuan Well and other famous sites, the famous ones are: Dongyuan Well, the world's first deep well over 1,000 meters, has been mined for more than 200 years; Every well has a crane, and the highest crane "Dade Well" is as high as 1 13m (located in Fanba, Da 'an District, demolished in 1990s).

The history of extracting brine from well salt in Zigong City, Sichuan Province can be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was famous in the Tang and Song Dynasties and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the reign of Xianfeng and Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty, it became the center of well salt industry in Sichuan, and its well salt was sold to all parts of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Hubei for110 population.

Jingyan culture

Zigong Yanbang cuisine is a genre of Sichuan cuisine, with strong salt culture, unique flavor and cooking skills. Xiaohe Gang, supported by Zigong Salt Gang, Shanghe Gang, represented by Chengdu, and Xiahe Gang, represented by Chongqing, constitute the world-famous Sichuan cuisine. There is a saying that "food is in Sichuan and taste is in Zigong".

Salt production in Zigong well has a history of more than 2000 years. The prosperous well salt industry not only created the famous salt capital Zigong, but also gave birth to and spread well salt, and finally formed Zigong salt gang cuisine, an important faction of Sichuan cuisine.

Zigongjing salt provides a special raw material for salt-assisted dishes. The unique eating methods of salt merchants and salt workers make salt-assisted dishes unique, and different varieties such as salt merchants' dishes, salt workers' dishes and private kitchens have emerged, enriching and perfecting salt-assisted dishes.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zigong Well Salt