Yangpu Salt Fields

Yangpu Salt Fields

The Yangpu Salt Fields are designated as a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Yangpu Salt Fields are located in Xinying Bay Area of the Yangpu Economic Development Zone, dating from the Song Dynasty to the modern era. They are a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The millennia-old salt fields of Yangpu are a unique scenic attraction within the Yangpu Economic Development Zone. Located southwest of the Yangpu Peninsula and adjacent to Xinying Bay, they have a history of over 1200 years. Covering a total area of 750 acres, the salt fields feature more than 7,300 uniquely shaped inkstone-style saltpans, with an annual salt production of 500 tons. It is reported that these ancient salt fields existed as early as the Han Dynasty, making them China’s earliest solar-evaporation salt production site and also the best-preserved ancient salt field that still uses the original solar-evaporation method to this day. The salt-making process here is ancient, primitive, and distinctive. Salt is produced by spreading sun-dried beach mud and sand on basalt inkstone-shaped saltpans, filtering seawater through it to create brine, and then evaporating the brine under the sun. The resulting salt is white as snow, fine as cotton, moderately and purely salty. It boasts advantages such as being all-natural, having small granules, and being edible directly, making it a premium raw material for table salt products. Aged salt from here can clear heat, reduce internal inflammation, disinfect, and dispel blood stasis, and makes a great travel gift for family and friends.

In May 2013, the Yangpu Salt Fields were listed as part of the seventh batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units.

Protected area: bordered by Xinying Bay to the east, extending to Yantian Village to the west, Xipu Village to the south, and the eastern side of Jiayang Road to the north, covering an area of 281.15 acres.

Further reading:

· Seventh Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units