Zigong Salt History Museum is a museum in the salt town of Zigong in Sichuan Province in western China. It was built in 1736 as the Xiqing Guildhall in the first year of Qianlong, funded by the Shaanxi salt tradesmen and used a meeting place for salt merchants from Shaanxi province the main conduit for the Zigong salt. The building features elaborate flying eaves and a gilded wooden carved interior based around a large galleried atrium where plays were once performed. Exhibits in the museum cover the entire history of salt mining dating from the Han Dynasty.
