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Luzhou.

Luzhou is a city of water and grain. The Tuo River meets the Yangtze here; salt roads once climbed into the hills, and the old liquor pits have been working since the Ming.

Luzhou Old Pits — Luzhou old cellar

Luzhou

Luzhou Old Pits

The pit is the vessel

Luzhou's old pits are fermentation vessels of yellow clay and bamboo pins, in continuous use since 1573 and still worked by hand.

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The market town on the ridge

Fobao in Hejiang grew on the salt road above the river, and its stone street, stilt houses and temples are still lived in.

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Luzhou Old Pits

Ming-dynasty fermentation pits that have been in continuous use since 1573.

Fubao Ancient Town

A Ming-Qing market town on a ridge, built on the old salt road between Zigong and Guizhou.

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Luzhou old cellarPartake / Public domain · Public domain Photo source ↗ Orientation normalised, proportionally resized and encoded as WebP; no crop or retouch.