The Shennongjia Section of the Sichuan-Hubei Ancient Salt Route

　　It is located in the Shennongjia Forest District. The Sichuan-Hubei salt transport began in the late Ming Dynasty. After 1949, when sea salt entered inland areas, it gradually disappeared. Sichuan salt entered the Shennongjia Forest District from Wudengzi Rock in Wushan County, then split into two main trunk routes leading directly to Yangri Bay, and was eventually distributed to the Jianghan Plain and surrounding regions. Some of the salt was also sold to Henan and Shaanxi regions along the way. The Sichuan-Hubei Ancient Salt Route is an important cultural corridor, preserving abundant related cultural relics along the route, making it of great value for the study of ancient salt transport history and regional cultural exchange. (Fifth Batch)

　　Source: Hubei Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau