[Haichuan Chemical Industry Site] Mengli Salt Township - the ancient town of Yun'an
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Angu Town is located on the bank of Tangxi River, a tributary of the Yangtze River. It is one of the historical and cultural towns in the Three Gorges Reservoir area before it was developed into a private sector in the third phase. Yun'an Town belongs to Yunyang County, Chongqing City, only 15 kilometers away from the old city of Yunyang. Yun'an Town was founded and prospered because of salt, and it was submerged underwater due to the Three Gorges Reservoir Project. Today we go to Yun'an, the old streets and ancient temples have disappeared, the salt wells and brine pipes have become memories of yesterday, and all that can be seen is the endless flow of the white river. But in the new Yunyang City, you can still find immigrants from Yun'an in the past, telling people the stories of Yun'an in the old years. Introduction The clear blue water of the river comes up, over the vanished salt field, and the souls of the ancestors on the blue-tiled houses. My lost home is immersed in this place. How can I forget this in a place where I have lived for almost 20 years. By chance, I found a book in the school library that recorded the place where I lived for almost 20 years. It deeply attracted me. A place where I lived actually buried so much history and culture. I was full of curiosity and could not help but uncover this veil step by step. Yun'an - a 3,000-year-old salt capital. Yunan Town belongs to Yunyang County, Chongqing City, and is only 15 kilometers away from Yunyang Old Town. Yun'an Town is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is simple and profound with a long history. After 3,000 years of wind and frost, it still has its charm. It was famous at home and abroad for its salt as early as 3,000 years ago. Yun'an Town was established and prospered because of salt, and it was submerged underwater because of the Three Gorges Reservoir Project. Today I went to Yun'an again, and there was no trace of the ancient temples in the old streets. Salt well brine has become a memory of yesterday. All you can see is the endless flow of the white river, the traces of time flowing through the world, the joys and sorrows of the immigrants from the Three Gorges, and the deep love for my hometown. Nowadays, only in the new Yunyang City, you can still find immigrants from Yun'an Ancient Town, telling people the stories of Yun'an in the old years.
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Yun'an Town is an ancient industrial town with a history of more than 2,000 years, hence its name Tangxi (some say Yong'an). In the first year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (206 BC), Fujia led his troops to dig wells and boil salt, marking the beginning of urban development. A market was formed around the Tang and Song Dynasties, with one main street and several alleys. In addition to the salt boiling factory, there are nearly a hundred households and more than 10 businesses serving salt production, transportation and sales. In the fourth year of Xining in the Northern Song Dynasty (1071), Anyi County was governed and became an important industrial and commercial town in the north of the county. In the wars at the end of the Ming Dynasty, salt boiling workers fled, business shrank sharply, residents fled to other places, and towns were on the verge of extinction. In the first year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1644), the war began to calm down, the salt field was restored, and the fleeing salt workers and residents gradually returned. In the 16th year of Kangxi (1677), the town returned to the level of the Tang and Song Dynasties. After the thirty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign (1771), 10 people surnamed Tao, Guo, Zhou, and Lin from Jiangxi, Hubei, Shaanxi, Hunan and other provinces raised funds to develop the salt industry in Yun'an. The scale of the factory expanded and it became a famous salt farm in the province (Sichuan Province). The rise of the salt industry led to the gradual prosperity of grain and oil, cotton cloth, food, department stores, slaughtering, and medicine industries. The streets have developed into 11 streets including Huangzhou, Jiangxi, Shaanxi and Pinghe Street. Entering the Republic of China, urban construction further developed. During the Anti-Japanese War, Sichuan salt came to Chu for the second time, stimulating the rapid development of the salt industry and increasing the number of workers and residents by 10,000 people.
Lao Yun'an Salt Field is also an indelible memory of Yun'an people. They step on the salt and boil it. The whole street of Lao Yun'an smells of salt.
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