Gendun Tsomo's family in Jiada village, Naxi ethnic township, Mangkam county, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, manages 48 salt plots. "Our family's salt is still sun-dried using the same methods from the Tang Dynasty. (618-907)," she said. Salt-making in Mangkam dates back more than 1,300 years. Gendun Tsomo's village is where salt production first began in Mangkam. Naxi ethnic township has a total of 48 salt wells.
