Many people travel to Kunming, only know how to climb mountains and play with water, but don't know that there is a thousand year old ancient town hidden around Kunming. It has a long and ancient history and profound historical culture. This is an ancient town, a Heijing ancient town hidden in Kunming. So, do you know how to play in Heijing Town? What are the places worth visiting in Heijing Town?
Heijing ancient town is one of the four ancient towns in Yunnan. It is located on the Bank of the Longchuan River and has a long and ancient history. It is a good place to relax on weekends.
The ancient town of Heijing has a profound heritage. From the unearthed stone, pottery, bronze and other cultural relics, as early as 3200 years ago, in the late Neolithic age, the ancestors of ethnic minorities lived and worked on this ancient land.
The charm of Heijing ancient town is that it has a thousand year history of salt making. It has been a place of tribute salt since ancient times.
In different dynasties, there were different ways to make salt. In the bronze age, they dug ponds to store brine and made salt with primitive charcoal. In the Nanzhao period, they fried salt in cauldrons. At this time, Heijing salt became a tribute salt for the royal family.
In the Hongwu year of Ming Dynasty, people vigorously developed Heijing. In the Qing Dynasty, the salt industry of Heijing reached its peak, and the salt tax accounted for 64% of Yunnan's salt tax.
Since the discovery of salt, Heijing has become a well-known place. In the past, due to the economic status of salt, the feudal central government established a system here, and merchants from all over the world gathered here. At the same time, the ancient town of Heijing has formed a multi-cultural integration of Central Plains culture and local ethnic culture. At this time, the historical culture, ethnic culture and architectural culture of Heijing are unique in the whole province.
For thousands of years, Heijing has flourished because of salt. With the development of the times, the modern production technology makes the original and ancient salt production methods lose their practical value, and the black well also declines because of salt.
Although he lost his former glory, the Museum of ancient salt culture remained. It has become an irreplaceable historical and cultural town
Address: Heijing ancient town scenic spot, Lufeng County, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province
Traffic routes
1. Railway: Take Kunming Xichang and Panzhihua trains from Kunming railway station, depending on the number of trains, the journey is 4-6 hours; After arriving at Heijing station, you can take a local van or carriage to the station;
2. Self driving: Kunming - Lufeng - Pinglang - dajiuzhuang - Guangtong - tuoan - Heijing; Or Chuxiong Guangtong tuoan Heijing;
3. Bus: take the bus from Kunming to Chuxiong to the West passenger station; Then from Chuxiong East passenger station to Heijing ancient town.