The Salt Economic And Cultural Geography Research In The Pre-Qin Period

In our country, the research of salt mainly concentrates in the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing Dynasty. There is little research on the pre-Qin period, the comprehensive study is scarce. In pre-Qin period, the research of salt has great significance because of involving an extended span of time of the study of salt and has the basic role to salt research after Qin and Han Dynasty.The main content of the paper is divided into three chapters:the first chapter, salt place of production and geographical distribution in the Pre-Qin Period. In chapter1,it introduces bay salt, lake salt, rock salt, springs, many salt well salt re products type were already in existence in the Pre-Qin period.It analyzes geographical distribution of bay salt, According to the archaeological data and related historical records,i cancels the general classed methods of the bay salt, forced diagram are accurate before waiver to baysalt place of production the time that the baysalt beginning to be in progress with these regions produces successively is introductory. tries to accurate to these regional start sea salt production time successively for sequence analysis.Qing Zhou of northern Shandong area,area of the Kingdom of Wu and Yue deep and You Zhou except East Liaoning area and the area of eastern Liao river gradually into the sea salt large-scale production stage. Well salt and springs salt to the geographical distribution of analysis to the archaeological material for main basis, for producing area of comprehensive overview. The relevant archaeological data collection, the San Xia area, the San Xia area,Chang Ning of the Sichuan province and Chang Yang of the Hubei province have entered springs salt mass production period from last years of the Shang Dynasty.In the last years of the Warring States period people start to produce well salt. The analysis of the distribution of salt mainly rely on literature material, pay attention to the important salt ponds in Yuncheng of Shanxi province, probe the salt ponds in the northwest area.Northwest region is the important salt pond that the central dynasty rely on in Pre-Qin Period. By the literature, our country produces the Rock salt having two area, one being Yun Yang and nearby regions;Two is Liang Zhou area of Northwest Territories. Local salt producing area includes, Hebei province, Henan province, Shandong province and the northwest area,for example, east of Qinghai area.The Second chapters is the salt transportation and consumption area. The salt transportation way is unceasingly to progressive, to bear a beginning from manpower, inland river shipping,animal power transportation, shipping in coastal waters develop consecutively. The study of consumption is scarce. Through the study we found that salt producing areas was changing because of traffic development, political changes and other factors and salt consumption area expand in every direction along with.During the Warring States period it has covered most parts of China. As far as baysalt be concerned,it has a few baysalt to govern central area by the fact that the way paying tribute enters a dynasty in the Xia Dynasty.After thousands of years of the development in the Pre-Qin Dynasty, during the Warring States period, especially in the late Warring States Period,the sea salt production consumption areas of Wu Yue, Yan, Qi have been included at the time almost all the territory of Chu Country and Qi Country, Yan Country, Zhao Country, Wei Country and so on. The consumption area of spring salt, well salt and salt lake is in the age of Xia and Shang Dynasty on a continuous basis to expand all around.For soil salt, rock salt consumption region is small and lack of information, we do not to discuss them. The third chapter:economy, society, culture have an effect on salt in Pre-Qin period.The content of the chapter is broad, in a word,In the Pre-Qin period, salt had a profound influence on the economy, society and culture, and has played a huge role in promoting Chinese civilization. Salt has played a great role in the pottery manufacturing and commercial development. It has played a great role in Salt to obtain convenience in the Pre-Qin period had ancestors in site selection and site of ancient imperial capital has very important reference value.In order to compete for salt resources, the political forces wage a field of war.Salt has relations with Chinese mythology, diet culture, the funeral culture and the medicine.I write the paper on the basis of previous research,i think the innovation is mainly reflected in the following aspects:first, our country main salt’s geographical distribution in the period,the previous statement is vague.But during the time span for thousands of years,Salt production cannot be done at once.It has sequencing,i write the paper based on the archaeological discovery and the profound understanding.I try to restore it. Second, the results of past studies have nothing to do with the salt transportation and regional consumption.In this paper, the research focuses on the traffic, population distribution, the political and military situation in the Pre-Qin period.Third, the results of past studies on salt’s economy, society, culture and salt effect in the Pre-Qin Period mostly involves just one aspect.I attempt to explore various historical materials on the basis of a comprehensive description of these aspects careful and systematic.