Nuodeng Village

The history of Nuodeng can be traced back to Han dynasty (109BC) , Emperor Wudi conquered Yunnan and established a "Yizhou prefecture 益州郡 " ， 24 counties is under ruling of Yizhou Prefecture. BISU county is a county of Yizhou prefecture with Nuodeng as its capital, Nuodeng produces salt from a 21m- deep-ancient well in the village. Nuodeng has a history of 2000 years of salt production. In the old days, salt was an inportant product and was transport to different places near Nuodeng, you can still see old trading route near Nuodeng village. you can go to Dali city from nuodeng, and go west to Tengchong, Burma. go north you will reash Lijiang and South to Baoshan county. Most of houses of the village were located on a steep slope, you need to walk uphill by steps to the village center and Confucious temple on the top. Government established official bureau to control salt trade. the brine was taken from the well and delivered to eash family in the village to cook, then salt was collected by the salt bureau and send to the salt distributor for selling. Nuodeng was the politic and economy center of Yunnan county. Nowadays, Nuodeng is no longer as important economic center as old days and it is a peaceful Bai village with a history of thousand years. When you visit nuodeng today, you can still see the old well where produce salt and experience the authentic rural life.