Salt brought great wealth. Such cases could be seen everywhere. However, Potan had its own special features due to its regional characteristics and culture traditions.

因食盐成就一方富庶的例子很多，但是地域特征与文化传统又使皤滩有其自己的面目。

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Potan is indeed a very small ancient town, usually with a fate that is shared by many other ancient towns in China. To preserve it as it was until now is a rare and uneasy thing.

皤滩的确是一个很小的古镇，和中国许多古镇村落的命运相似，能够比较完整的保留到现在是一件偶然而不易的事情。

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To answer such a question, to give a quite general depiction of Potan ancient town's past events, and to bring into focus what is still not well-known would obviously corner ourselves.

回答这样的问题，想要较为全面的叙述有关皤滩古镇的往事，让一个并不被众人所熟知的面目渐渐清晰，显然会把自己逼到处境艰难的旮旯胡同里。

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