The Best Salt in China Come from These 200-Year-Old Wells

  • 2 years ago
What’s the tastiest salt you’ve ever tried? Salt from this small town, where wells are 1,000m deep, are known to make one of the best salts in China. Here’s why Zigong, Sichuan is known as the salt capital of China.

0:00 The salt maker
0:00 The heyday of Shenhai Well
0:00 How salt is made
0:00 Tough work

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Producer: Cassie Fei
Videographer: Guo Yong
Editor: Hanley Chu
Mastering: Victor Peña

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