During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Yancheng's salt and iron industry was quite developed. At that time, there was a large population here, and it was common to use iron farm tools and Niu Geng technology.

In the fourth year of the founding of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (1 19), the court set aside a part of the eastern part of ancient Sheyang County near the Yellow Sea to set up a separate county, so it was named Du Yan County because there were boiling salt pavilions and salt rivers everywhere.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao ordered Jianghuai people to move westward and waste salt to desecrate the county. More than 300 years later, the Western Jin Dynasty resumed the county. In the seventh year of Yixi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (465,438+065,438+0), due to the "salt field surrounded by the city", Du Yan was renamed Yancheng, and Yancheng became a veritable salt-producing city.

Myths and legends:

It is said that the Monkey King ate a lot of delicious food at the flat peach party of the Queen Mother when he made a scene in the Heavenly Palace, but he had never eaten such delicious food on earth. He was puzzled and ran quietly to the kitchen to find out.

He found that every time the chef cooked a dish, he would put a white brick in the pot and shake it. He asked the chef curiously, and the chef told him that it was a salt brick. When cooking, it is especially delicious.

Goku thought it was a rare treasure and said to the chef with a big smile, "Master, can you lend me this treasure for a few days?" I will go to Huaguoshan to cook some good dishes for the villagers to taste, and I will be responsible for returning them in a few days. "

The chefs said, "This is absolutely impossible. This dish can only be eaten by immortals. How can mortals eat it? " Hearing this, Wukong's lungs exploded. The more he thinks about it, the angrier he gets. There is nothing in the world that Wukong wants to do but can't.

Thought of here, he immediately became an invisible man, and no one could see him. When the chef wasn't looking, he took the salt brick away and quickly rushed to Guo Huashan.

Soon after leaving, the chefs found that the salt brick was missing, so they quickly reported it to the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor immediately sent mountain soldiers to chase him down. The Monkey King came to Yancheng with salt bricks, and he was about to arrive at Huaguoshan. When he found the tracker nearby, it was too late to escape. The heavenly soldiers will surround Wukong and ask him to hand over the salt bricks.

In a rage, the Monkey King threw the salt bricks into the East China Sea over Yancheng, and the mountain soldiers ran to the seaside. When they saw that the salt bricks had melted, they had no choice but to come back to me. Since then, the sea has become salty.

Wukong returned to Huaguoshan and told everyone the news. Everyone was angry and scolded. One of the old monkeys said, "Great Sage, let's take the seawater back and cook it in a pot. Let's dry the water. Maybe the small salt brick came out again. "

Hearing this, Wukong said it was a good idea. So everyone was asked to fetch seawater and boil salt. In this way, the news spread, and since then, people by the sea have learned to cook and bake salt. Moreover, the east coast of Yancheng is the place where the Monkey King throws salt bricks, so the salt made is particularly good.

Refer to the above? Yancheng municipal people's government-historical humanities