The "Mountains and Rivers in Spring, National Treasures" media linkage activity along the Huangjiu Provincial Museum has been officially launched, and today the national treasures of the Sichuan Museum sent blessings.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Sichuan region could already draw brine and boil salt from salt wells up to a depth of kilometers, which was a remarkable ancient technology. Today's "Shenhai No. 1" operation platform can collect 9 million cubic meters of natural gas from the seabed at a depth of 1,500 meters every day.
· Cultural relics appreciation ·
Salt-making portrait bricks
Eastern Han Dynasty
Collection of Sichuan Museum
The Bashu region is one of the earliest origins of the salt industry in China and even in the world, and the history records that during the Warring States Period, Bashu has dug salt wells and drawn brine to boil salt. Qin set up salt officials here, and by the Han Dynasty, the well salt production in Sichuan had a certain scale, meticulous division of labor, and complete tools.
This portrait brick shows the scene of salt production in the Han Dynasty: there is a towering derrick in the lower left corner of the picture, on which a roller is placed, which is used to rotate the hanging bucket tied to the rope, and the halogen is sucked alternately, and there is a brine tank next to the elevated shelf, which is introduced into the kettle where the salt is boiled, and there is a stove under the kettle, and someone is struggling to fan the raging fire.
Poster丨Torrent News illustrator Chen Yanan.
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