Heijing Salt Town

Salt production shaped Heijing’s courtyards, lanes and river-edge infrastructure. The Qing’an Embankment adds flood protection to the town’s history of extraction and trade.

The Longchuan River curves through a green mountain valley, with fields, a village and rail infrastructure in the foreground. — The Longchuan River at Heijing, photographed beside the railway in August 2019; the river setting of the salt town.

Heijing Salt Town

Heijing and Salt: Wells, Courtyards and the Qing’an Embankment

Heijing’s surviving streets are legible through the salt economy that supported the town and the infrastructure built to protect it.

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The Longchuan River at Heijing, photographed beside the railway in August 2019; the river setting of the salt town.MNXANL · 2019-08-11 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized without cropping or upscaling; converted to WebP.