Tools and Techniques for Well Salt Production in Zigong from the Perspective of Cultural Anthropology:Brine Transportation System with Bamboo Pipeline
The brine transportation system is an important part of the traditional well salt production system of Zigong salt fields.Based on the perspective of cultural anthropology,this paper comprehensively uses the salt industry chronicles,salt field investigation reports,salt newspapers and periodicals,local chronicles,historical pictures and field investigations in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China to explore the background of the application of bamboo to the brine transportation system,the production and installation of bamboo pipeline and its main devices and the industry,and reveal the basic appearance of bamboo pipeline and its brine transportation system,which is an important tool for well salt production in Zigong salt fields,so as to provide a basic basis for the protection,preservation and reuse of the technology of brine transportation system with bamboo pipeline.
Zigong salt fieldsbrine transportation system with bamboo pipelinewell salt production