Magnificent scenery of millennium-old salt pans in Qamdo, SW China’s Xizang

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(People's Daily Online) 10:58, November 09, 2023

Photo shows the stunning scenery of ancient salt pans in Naxi township, Mangkam county, Qamdo city, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (People's Daily Online/Tsering Norbu)

Salt production goes back more than 1,300 years to the Tang Dynasty (618-907) in Naxi township, Mangkam county, Qamdo city, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.

Salt pans were built on hills on the banks of the Lancang River in the township. Local people follow a traditional salt harvesting method by collecting brines from salt mines and ponds, and evaporate them in the sun until they crystallize.

(Web editor: Hongyu, Du Mingming)