Is Yancheng famous for its salt?

That's right. Yancheng is named after salt and mainly produces sea salt.

Yancheng is a veritable salt capital. Among the place names in various places, there are some names related to the production and operation of salt industry, such as Tuan, Zao, Zong, Tu and Cang. "Tuan" is a production form of "mining and frying" by production organizations in salt areas and kitchen households. Each saltworks has several regiments, and each regiment has several cooks. In the old days, the regiments were mostly distributed in Dongtai and Dafeng in the ancient Huainan salt area, such as Nantuan, Xituan and Biantuan. In front of Yancheng City, Xituan Town in Dafeng still remains. There are 18 villages in the city, and the names of 48 natural village groups are all related to "Tuan". "Stove" is an important facility for people to fry salt. There are six townships in Funing, including Touzao, Sanzao and Sizao, and 85 villages and 368 natural villagers' groups are also named after "Zao". "General" is the unit where the people of Yanchang live together. In the early Ming Dynasty, there was a large-scale "Hongwu exile", and immigrants came to the desert seashore to burn salt. In order to manage the cooks scattered along the coast, several places are in good order. During Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty, there were 30 general managers in Dongtai Fuan Salt Field. Today, the names of coastal towns and villages still retain the names of "general", "general" and "general", and there are 7 villages and 37 natural village groups in China named after "general". "Cang", that is, salt storage, was once the temporary storage place of saltworks in Biancang Town, tinghu district, which is famous for dead peony. There is also Sancang Town in Dongtai, and the 1 1 village and 18 natural village group named after "Cang". Tuo is one of the main production tools for cooking salt in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Similar to an iron pot, slightly shallower than a pot, with a diameter of three feet and a depth of 3-4 inches. The towns and villages named after "Tuo" in China include Caotuo Town in Dongtai and Pantuo Town in Dafeng. There are also 6 villages and 13 natural village groups in the city with "Tuo" as the place name.