Salt Production of Late Imperial China in the Upper Three Gorges Region: A Case Study of the Zhongjingba Site in Chongqing

This article aims to improve the understanding of salt production in the upper Three Gorges region, based on archaeological investigation and excavation of salt-production sites in Yushan, Pengshui County, Chongqing. This article introduces the features of salt sources and the types and dates of the salt wells in Yushan, and investigates the local brine transportation and salt-making techniques. The Zhongjingba site is a large salt-making site with well-preserved remains of production and support facilities dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. Large numbers of evaporation furnaces, brine tanks, and working pits have been excavated and revealed a complete process of producing salt. Analysis of historical documents and the excavated remnants has allowed the reconstruction of the po lu yin zao salt-making process (which, in Chinese, means to splash brine onto the evaporation furnace), the first archaeological evidence of this technique; the management, output capacity, and sales area of the ancient salt production in Yushan are also discussed.     

宣和御府印格式研究

本文将现代考古学“类型学”的方法,转用到印章学的研究之中,对所见宣和御府诸印逐一进行了样式分析与位置比较,指出,见于传世品上的宣和印,分别出自50方彼此各异的印章;并通过与《宣和书谱》、《宣和画谱》的对照,辨析出宣和真印、伪印;在此基础上,确认了每一种宣和印的“标准位置”以及宣和印的“常规组合”。还论及宣和印的钤盖原则、仿刻印与原印、宣和印的诸多称谓,以及宣和“五玺”、“六玺”、“七玺”与宣和装的关系等问题。