On November 21, 1942, the second page of Yan'an Jiefang Daily published Chen Xing's article "Ten Mile Salt Bay".
The article said that Shili Salt Bay "has more than 300 salt flats, more than 600 workers in the salt industry, and produces more than 15000 stones of salt every year. It is worth more than 16.5 million yuan per bucket in August 2012, calculated at 110 yuan per bucket."
Yes, this is the famous Shili Salt Bay. The Annals of Yansui Town, which was initially compiled in the 35th year of Wanli (1607) of the Ming Dynasty, is recorded in the revised Salt Law of the 12th year of Kangxi (1674) of the Qing Dynasty: "Mahu Valley, Sanyan Spring, and Zhoutian Zhai salt are the salt of the broken gold post. The chief of the Hongyang Agriculture Department of the Han Dynasty was the Dule Salt Officer of Shangjun, and the Song Dynasty changed Dule to Yongle, which is now in Yuhe Castle."
In the Annals of Zhili Prefecture in Suide and Salt Law compiled in the 31st year of Guangxu's reign (1905) of the Qing Dynasty, it was said: "Tongzhi" Three Eye Spring is ninety miles west of the state. It scrapes soil and frys salt, and has a pot mouth of 185 sides< According to the previous article, the Sanyanquan Salt Factory was in decline. Now the place where the salt was fried is located at Sanhuangmao, Jiangjiaya and other places, more than ten miles from the top to the bottom. It is located at the bank of the Donglishui River in Sanyanquan. Because the salt can not be formed into salt because of the weak brine, it is sprinkled one or two inches on the land first, and then dried and sprinkled for more than ten times. The soil salt accumulates in a pile, which is called planting salt. Take the brine again, soak it in the salty soil, make it into a round nest, put it in a stone plate, pass it through the bottom, drain the brine, and fry it in an iron pot. This is flower salt. When planting salt, it is easy to grow in the sun. When it rains, the soil is light, and it needs to be replanted. "
In the 19th year of Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1680), Wang Tingbi, a former governor of Yan'an, also said in the "Two Ways of Salt Law Discussion in the Middle East": "The salt in Mahu Valley is boiled by human power. The salt in Suide is a three eye spring. The rice fat in Suide is Zhou Tianzhai. The fish river in Yan'an is Yongle Cang. On that day, the pot salt tax was calculated, but there was no vote tax. After the vote tax, since the dawn of the Ming Dynasty, the national government began to pay it."
Because of the salt and coal in Xichuan, Only then came Mao Zedong's words of "Better lose Yan'an than Shili Salt Bay" and "Salt is a great source of wealth in the border area, the backbone of balancing imports and exports, stabilizing the amount of money, and adjusting prices. A large part of the people rely on salt to exchange foreign goods, and a large part of the military and staff rely on salt to maintain their lives or subsidize their lives. Salt is also an important source of government revenue, so salt plays a very important role in the border area"; Xie Juezai, an outstanding member of the CPC, one of the "Five Elders of Yan'an", a famous jurist and educator, an outstanding social activist, a leader in the legal field, and the founder of the people's judicial system, wrote a diary of "salt is the largest production in the border area, and also the largest income of the government besides public food"; The General Office of the Government of the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia Border Region "salt producing areas in the border area, one is on three sides, and the other is the Sanhuangmao of Suide. The salt pools on three sides are distributed in Dingbian and the north of the salt pool. Inside the Great Wall, there are Laochi (the largest pool), Lanni Pool, Lianhua Pool, Wawa Pool, Wanwan Pool, Hongya Pool, and Polo Pool (the smallest pool). Outside the Great Wall, there are Gouchi (the best salt) , Apochi, Beidachi, etc. The method of salt production is to rely on the natural sun drying method of forming crystals from sun dried salt water. In particular, Sanhuangmao, Tuo'er Lane and other places are called Shili Salt Bay. The reserves of salt are very rich and have been used for civil use for thousands of years.
