Sankeng mercury mine site is a cultural tourist attraction.

Sankeng Mercury Mine Site

Sankeng Mercury Mine Site is located in Sankeng Village, Daping Town, Wuchuan County, mainly distributed in Sankeng, Taiba, Banchang, Laohugou, Yinqiangou, Muyuchang and other places. There are more than 111 abandoned mines and thousands of smelting sites, and in some places, the waste slag accumulation is more than 11 meters thick. These relics continued from the Han and Tang Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China, spanning many times and having a long history. Vast mountains, faint sinking, the setting sun as blood, jathyapple as a hook, this situation, with a touch of vicissitudes of life.

wuchuansu is known as the "ancient county of Dansha", and the-and cinnabar were mined earlier. According to the Records of Wuchuan County, in the 11th year of Sui Daye (614), Tian Zongxian, the prefect of middle Guizhou, mined-and cinnabar in the places like Yanfengjiao in Daping Town today, and collected-191.5kg from the court. Archaeological data show that the history of sand mining in Wuchuan is earlier. The cinnabar unearthed in Daping Han tombs indicates that cinnabar was mined in Wuchuan in the Han Dynasty, and Banchang market town was opened in Banchangkeng in the Tang Dynasty. Since the Ming Dynasty, the records of sand mining in Wuchuan in historical records are even more common.

Ming dynasty's new records of Guizhou's illustrated classics? Sinanfu Customs: "There are pits in Wuchuan County, such as Banchang, Muyoufeng and Yanqian, where cinnabar is produced. Its depth is fifteen or six miles. The natives use the skin as a cap and hang a lamp on their forehead. into the pit mines sand, and they go out after staying. Those who get the lotus arrow cluster are the top, those who get the white stone are the sand bed, and those who break the small ones are the cinnabar. Sand burning-,can be silver sand, living refers to living. Year-old-161 Jin tribute. And folk trade is often compared to money. " Jiajing "Sinan Fuzhi?" "Geographical Mountains and Rivers" contains Wuchuan's "Muyou: Four miles in the county, there are Shuiyue Palace and cinnabar production. Chen Weifan's poem says:' The new wild monk is young, and the empty mountain is lonely. The wind blows the stone chamber, and the sea and air are fragrant. There are several bamboos in the path, and one orange in the rock. Whistle the tiger in the middle of the night, and the bay leaves send a quiet letter.' The ground is full of clouds and trees, and the sand is out of the hole. Spring branches fly over birds, and the setting sun cooks monk tea. Nine surname Yi Fengyi, Qianjiaxi cave inclined. Sparse vines pass through the moon, and the fragrance breaks the plum blossom' ",and his poem truly records the sand mining situation in Muyoufeng (now Muyu Factory) in Wuchuan at that time. The journal also recorded "Banchangkeng-Changju: Liwuchuan County". Chenghua was transferred to the bureau official, and the course was paid to the county for solution. "Wuchuan has the benefit of sand pits, merchants are concentrated, and people are rich." "Wuchuan County paved the front of Beiyue Rock, called Muyou Shop, called Banchang Shop (the shop is a market town in the Ming Dynasty)". Daoguang's "Continued Annals of Sinan Prefecture" notes: "The cinnabar of Wuchuan,-,can travel far and produce little. Wuchuan Muyoushi has the most abundant sand mining, with 21 to 31 picks of mercury per field. These records show the prosperity of cinnabar mining in Wuchuan since the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the economic, cultural and social progress brought about by it.

There are also a lot of legends about cinnabar in Wuchuan folk tales, and the legend of Mayang people is one of them. Legend has it that a long time ago, a group of short and small people were mining cinnabar in Muyou Mountain and Mayang River. The mines they dug were so small that it was difficult for modern people to get in. They acted quickly and turned to the wind when they met strangers. It is said that the hammer chisel of "Mayang people" mining cinnabar in the mountainside can still be heard now. There are other stories such as "The Legend of Treasure King", "The Legend of Two Eagles Pecking Youyang, and the Legend of Pouring Slab Farm", "The Story of an Old Dog" and "The Story of Looking for a Cinnabar Nest".