Shòuguāng

Shouguang lies south of Laizhou Bay, where the coastal plain has supported salt making since ancient times. Early workers boiled brine to obtain salt, and remains of salt-making sites have been found along the shore. The industry continued through the Tang and later dynasties. Under the Ming, officials at the Guantai salt works supervised production and the collection of salt revenue. Salt pans, fields and settlements together formed the landscape between the county town and the sea.