Zigong Salt Industry History Museum Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

The Zigong Salt Industry History Museum was founded on the initiative of Comrade Deng Xiaoping and its name was inscribed by Guo Moruo. It is the only museum specializing in the history of science and technology in China that collects, studies and displays historical relics of the salt industry. It is also a national patriotism education base and a Sichuan Province science education base. It is located on the bank of Fuxi River at the foot of Longfeng Mountain in Shizhong District, Zigong City, Sichuan Province, with the Xiqin Guild Hall and Wangye Temple as its sites.

Attractions distribution:

The entire exhibition of the Zigong Salt Industry History Museum is divided into five parts: the prologue hall, an overview of Chinese salt, the period of manually dug wells, the period of drilling wells, the period of rotary drilling and the development of salt production technology. Each part is divided into Several units collect historical books, documents and archives related to the development of well salt, including 1,322 objects and tools. The collection of cultural relics includes rock mouth books, well control tools, tool classifications, salvage tools, and contract account books, which are valuable for studying the history of science and technology and social and economic history. The museum's unique basic display "History of the Development of Well Salt Production Technology" uses new materials and advanced sound, light and electrical technologies, integrating scientific and intellectual aspects. It displays 2000-year history with a large number of precious cultural relics, objects and historical photos. Over the years, the evolution and development of well salt production technology has been reproduced from the aspects of drilling, brine mining, natural gas mining, and salt production, etc., reminding the fact that the world's oil and gas drilling technology originated in China, and showing the deep well drilling technology as the The center’s ancient well salt production technology embodies the wisdom and creativity of working people of past generations.

Scenic spot qualifications:

National 3A scenic spots, provincial scenic spots

Scenic spot features:

Patriotism education, popular science education, museums