Heijing Town, located in Lufeng County, the hometown of dinosaurs, has been a place of tribute salt production since ancient times. This is a small town that has been enclosed in the Longchuan Valley for nearly a century.
As for Blackwell, there is a saying in Jin Yong's "Eight Dragons": Emperor Baoding ordered the exemption of salt tax, and Dali people were all grateful. There is not much salt in Yunnan. Only nine wells in Guo Tong, such as Bai Jing, Heijing and Yunlong, produce salt, and they buy salt from Zhongshu every year. Salt tax is very heavy, and the remote poor often have only a few months of light food a year. Emperor Baoding knew that the salt tax was exempted, so the monk Huangmei had to find a way to save Duan Yu to repay the Black Well, which is one of the only nine salt wells in Dali.
Blackwell has a long history of producing salt. In the late Neolithic period, 4000 years ago, Zhao, a Yi woman, under the guidance of a black cow, found a natural overflowing brine spring at the bottom of the river. Since then, Blackwell's ancestors have eaten with brine; In the Bronze Age, they dug ponds to store brine and made salt with primitive firewood. During Nanzhao period, the pond was dug for brine, and the salt was fried in a kettle. Black well salt became the tribute salt of the royal family. In the Yuan Dynasty, the central government sent Wei Chu Lu Ti to be in charge of the salt transportation department of the Black Salt Well. But in the past two thousand years, Blackwell has only dug two or three salt wells. In Hongwunian of the Ming Dynasty, Kurai set up a salt course promotion department, with five products, Zhili Province. The central government removed 64 extraordinary furnaces from Yingtianfu to develop black wells. After hundreds of years of development, in the Qing Dynasty, the Heijing salt industry reached its peak, and the salt tax actually accounted for 64% of the salt tax in Yunnan. Before liberation, Kurai set up a field department, but the invasion of sea salt made the salt of the former rich side decline because it lost its pillar.
The stars have changed, and the vicissitudes have changed. Yancheng has long lost its former glory, but it has left behind the antique style of the Tang and Song Dynasties, with inscriptions, stone carvings, ancient pagodas, stone arches, ancient stages, ancient temples, ancient salt wells and salt stoves in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In particular, the well-preserved Wu Family Courtyard is well-known both inside and outside the province, attracting many tourists from home and abroad.
Wu Jia compound's Wang Zhai, chastity memorial archway, Daoguang Imperial Pen, Feilai Temple, Yanjing and Yanchi are still there. Hanging in the Dragon Palace is a plaque inscribed by Yong Zhengdi, on which are written four big characters: Lingyuan Puze. This plaque is more than 2 meters long and 80 centimeters wide. There are nine faucets carved on it. The word "Lingyuan Puze" was also Yong Zhengdi's evaluation of Huize Blackwell Brine at that time. There is also Heijing Qing 'an Dike, which was built in the late Ming Dynasty and completed in the Qing Dynasty. It still plays a role in flood control and guards the safety of Heijing Town. It is also a place to go. Those ancient salt wells and cooking stoves seem to tell people a long history and vicissitudes.
Gu Xiang's faint, wood-carved flower windows, cobwebs and dust attached to carved beams and painted buildings, and deep hoofprint on bluestone road all tell the difference between its history and past glory and Old Town of Lijiang's small bridges and flowing water, while Heijing Town is a little old and affectionate. Longchuan River passes through the city, and the caravan road in Han Dynasty paved with red sandstone is close to the streets and lanes no more than three feet wide. On a lonely night, the stone monument square made of red sandstone stands indifferently, and the lights of Wumaqiao tell a distant and profound prosperous world. In the continuous autumn rain, the weathered stone column foot of Wu Jia Courtyard and the mottled stone wall of Heijing Confucian Temple are all telling a broken and lasting character.
In Heijing, the existing paving platform is about 160, some of which are still in use and most of which have been abandoned. The so-called pavement platform is a platform built by local residents on the street facing the street, and various items are sold on the platform. It is very convenient to buy and sell at a glance, and the groom can take the horse to buy things. In order to attract customers, some stores also put a jar of water and a wooden spoon on the floor of the store for customers and grooms to quench their thirst.