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Zhuotong Salt Wells 卓筒井Zhuótǒng Jǐng
National heritage site · Suining, Sichuan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Suining
- Region
- Sichuan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Zhuotong Salt Wells
Daying is where the zhuotong well, a small-bore salt well drilled by percussion with an iron bit on a wooden frame and lined with large bamboo tubes, was developed in the Qingli era of the Northern Song dynasty (1041–1048). It is often described as the forerunner of modern deep drilling for brine, oil and gas. An exhibition hall in Zhuotongjing town shows the tools used to drill the wells and make salt.
How to get to Zhuotong Salt Wells
In Zhuotongjing town, about 15 km from Daying county town, which is roughly an hour by road west of Suining.
Nearby
- Anyue Rock Carvings 安岳石刻 30 km
Tang and Song Buddhas carved into quiet hillsides, led by a 23-metre Buddha at rest
Also within 20 km: Songjing Taoyuan (Song Well Peach Garden), Daying 宋井桃源 (under 10 km), China Dead Sea Resort, Daying 中国死海 (10 km).
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