Huìzé

Bǎnpǔ lies near the coast of Hǎizhōu, in the salt-producing country north of the Huái River. A salt field operated here under the Sòng, and Bǎnpǔ remained one of the major salt fields of Hǎizhōu during the Míng and Qīng. Salt and waterways shaped the settlement’s connection with the markets of the wider region.