ShanHai Salt Well 20160203_110414

ShanHai Salt Well

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February 24th 2016
Hi All, Fascinating place to visit with the deepest traditionally drilled well in the world and it still produces salt brine. Zigong is famous for its salt and once upon a time there were wooden derricks and bamboo pipes all over the city. The bamboo ropes and bamboo poles may have been replaced by modern equipment but the process is basically the same as it has been for generations. It was grea ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more