Zigong Seasoned Salt

Zigong Seasoned Salt

　　Zigong Seasoned Salt is a variety of flavored condiments made from high-quality Ziliujing well salt. It represents a significant development in the use of salt as a seasoning and has been well received by consumers since its launch. The salt from Ziliujing is considered the finest among all well salts in the world, blessed by nature and truly a treasure. Zigong Seasoned Salt is also a crystallization and evolution of Zigong’s rich salt culture.

　　From Zigong to Leshan, from Shehong to Yunyang, the prosperity of Shu salt often meant that more than half of the local residents made their living from wells or traded in salt. The salt industry even became the main source of fiscal revenue, second only to land taxes. It is said that the origin of the term “salt-ba” (salt) is related to the well salt of Bashu. In ancient times, residents in remote areas often suffered from a lack of salt. Decades ago, people in Yunnan and Guizhou would tie chunks of salt-ba with rope, dip them into soup, stir briefly, and pull them out as soon as a slight saltiness was achieved—such was its preciousness. For thousands of years, salt-ba remained a scarce resource inland. Along the ancient Tea Horse Road in the southwest, horses carried not only tea but also salt. Zigong once had over 13,000 salt wells. In its heyday, the city was filled with towering wooden derricks and billowing steam. Now, salt extraction has been modernized, and salt is no longer a scarce resource. As a result, Zigong, which once thrived because of salt, has been somewhat forgotten and has fallen into decline.