PREFECTURE-LEVEL CITY

Zigong

Zìgòng 自贡市

Editorial illustration, not a photograph of a specific site

A CLOSER LOOK AT ZIGONG

A city shaped by salt and light.

Salt wells and lantern-making offer two ways into Zigong. Its industrial heritage connects engineering with the communities that grew around the salt trade.

Original editorial illustration · an imagined scene, not a documentary view.

FIND YOUR BEARINGS

A first introduction.

Salt wells and lantern-making offer two ways into Zigong. Its industrial heritage connects engineering with the communities that grew around the salt trade.

Read a short story below, follow its sources, then return to the map to explore another place.