Yangzhou to open museum of salt transport history

The Lianghuai Salt Transport Museum is built in the style of the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911). [Photo/yznews.com.cn]

The Lianghuai Salt Transport Museum in Shi'er Xu Ancient Town, Yizheng, a county-level city of Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, is scheduled to open to the public next month.

The museum, built in the style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911), houses more than 600 exhibits, some of which are provided by the China Salt Association.

During the reign of Emperor Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty (1861-1875), Shi'er Xu became the largest distribution center of the salt industry in the Lianghuai district (regions along the Huaihe River). One third of the salt transported to the whole nation came from the district.

The museum is divided into four exhibition halls and has various types of exhibitions which vividly depict the history of the Lianghuai salt industry.

A stone plaque, given by Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty to the local governor of salt transport in 1893, is exhibited in the Lianghuai Salt Transport Museum. [Photo/yznews.com.cn]