Tainan, Taiwan Chiku Mounds Stock Photo

Chiku mounds located between Chiku, Tainan City area and the general area, is Taiwan's largest and one of salt ruins Chiku latest development, a total area of ​​2,700 hectares, heyday produced 110,000 tons of salt each year. Solar salt production has stopped, turn formed the famous Salt tourist attraction, one of the eight new Nanying Yantian sun Jade is located. Chiku of solar salt was first in the Ming period in 1665 by the Chan Wing-wah Zheng Chenggong generals as Yong Wei command at the start of the Christians solar salt. In the period of Japanese rule in 1935 respectively by the Taiwan Salt, South Salt Japanese two gradually building new Corporation, Taiwan after World War II in 1971 coupled with building new made by the Taiwan Salt Factory. Quanta heyday area 2,700 hectares, annual production of 110,000 tons of the total salt output station six tenths. Since the salt flats crystallization pool belonging to the soil disc structure, it has become an important supplier of industrial salt. But later because of the high cost of production, can not compete with the imported salt, Taiwan Salt Company in May 2002 closed salterns, 338 years of solar salt industry into the dustbin of history, the transfer of state-owned property.