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.

盐井古盐田位于芒康县纳西民族乡，距县城107公里，214国道澜沧江东西两岸，海拔2300米左右。“盐井”是由于产盐而得名，盐井藏名为“擦卡洛”，“擦”即意为盐，就是生产盐的地方，据史料记载早在唐朝时期盐井就有晒盐的历史，距今已有1200多年历史。这里有纯朴的民俗，当您看到房内的钟乳晶盐，一定会把您引入水晶宫的世界，展示在您面前的是一道自然、美丽的大奇观。　　制盐是盐井人民的生存之本，是盐井人民经济收入主要来源之一。目前有盐田3454块，从事制盐劳动的纯盐民有64人，农牧劳动和制盐兼营劳动的人有2013人。盐的生产方式是世界上唯一的、最古老和最原始的。人从梯子向下深入到洞底几米至十几米的深处，将卤水背上来倒在盐田里，经过强烈的日光照射，水份逐步蒸发，完后就是盐粒，晒干运入市场进行商品交易。每块盐田产盐约十几斤，三至五天扫一次，天气不好的时候十五天左右扫一次，桃花盛开的季节也就是农历二、三月份时的盐产量最高，质量最好，价格也比平常高。年产盐量约300万斤，收入100万至130万左右。盐的销路比较广，除销往西藏昌都的贡觉县、察雅县、左贡县、八宿县、芒康县、林芝的察隅县外，还销往四川的巴塘县、理塘县、康定县，云南的德钦县、香格里拉县、维西县等地。主要是以盐、粮交换的方式为主，特别是牧区最喜欢盐井的盐，说牲畜吃了此盐身体长的较为结实、肉多。　　盐井是块风水宝地，盐井村就驻扎在山神的怀里，因为这里从古到今都是交通要道，过去是“茶马古道”的重要驿站，现在是国道214线的必经之路。历来就是各种商品集散地。　　盐井历史悠久，早在西藏吐蕃王朝以前，西藏的部落各占一方的时候就有盐田，传说在朵康六岗当中，芒康岗是产食盐的岗，所以很出名。传说中的格萨尔王和纳西王羌巴争夺盐井食盐而发生的交战，叫“羌岭之战”，最后格萨尔王战胜了羌巴，占领了盐井，活捉了纳西王的儿子友拉，到西藏吐蕃王朝后期，纳西王子友拉成了格萨尔王的纳西大臣，盐田给了纳西王子友拉，一直到现在还都保留着最古老、最原始的制盐生产方式。