Beimen Salt Field (Beimen Old Street Salt Fields) Introduction
Beimen Salt Fields, Reconstructed with a New Tourist Facade. Tainan City boasts two salt fields: Beimen and Qigu, which are vastly different. Qigu Salt Field features soil pan salt fields and the latest salt pans, while Beimen Salt Field consists entirely of tile pan salt fields, including the oldest existing salt field in Taiwan (the Jingzi Well Salt Field established in 1818). This salt field is located between the Jiushui River to the south and the Sanliao Bay River to the north. Due to its long history and experienced salt workers, the quality of salt produced here is acclaimed throughout Taiwan. The establishment of Qigu Salt Field, Anshun Salt Field, and Wushulin Salt Field all relied on the support of Beimen salt workers, making this location, like the Xincuo Salt Field, the ancestral home of Taiwan's salt-producing regions. In 2000, the newly constructed coastal expressway cutting through the area not only caused the salt field to close sooner than others but also severely damaged the scenery of the salt pans. Today, after being renovated and reconstructed as a tourist salt field, the old site has been given a brand new appearance.
