盐市口是成都人公认的城区的市中心,是老成都东西通道与南北通道的交会点,四川人称其为“十字口”。清光绪五年(公元1879年),政府在这里开设了一家官盐店,附近人家买盐多到这里,这里因此被称为盐市口。盐市口人民商场的前身,是在1939年日军大轰炸之后形成的废墟上新建的商业区,当时叫做新商场。建国后改建为人民商场,除百货外,还有茶馆、曲艺馆等文化设施,专门演出木偶皮影的成都盐 Yanshikou is a city center recognized by Chengdu people, and is the intersection point of the old and the east thoroughfares of Chengdu and the north-south thoroughfare. Sichuan people call it “Crossroads.” Guangxu five years (AD 1879), the government opened an official salt shop here, nearby people buy salt here, so here is called Yanshikou. Yanshikou people’s mall, the predecessor of the Japanese bombed in 1939 after the formation of the ruins of the newly formed business district, was called the new mall. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, it was rebuilt into a people’s mall. Apart from department stores, there are also cultural facilities such as teahouse and folk art pavilions, Chengdu Salt Puppetry