千岛湖水下古城

发布于：2023-05-17 12:18:07

Ancient Underwater City Flooded

位置：浙江

分类：滨水

内容：实景照片

项目规模：573 000 000平方米

图片：7张

虽然浙江省千岛湖景区在中国属于非常有名的风景胜地，但实际上它的开发把浙江西北部的贺城、狮城完全淹没了。1959年，因兴建新安江水电站，始于汉唐年间的“狮城”、“贺城”一夜间被淹没在这片碧波之下。狮城有着悠久的历史和令人印象深刻的城市印象，城市的面积多达573多平方公里。如今，在摄影师的执着努力之下，水底古城的神秘面纱终于被撩开一角，沉寂了多年的平静再次被打破，成为了一个非常受欢迎的旅游景点。
这座水下古城位于距离水面26-40m深的水底，古城的遗址为科学家和考古学家提供了重要的历史资料。我们从中国国家地理拍摄的水底照片可以看到水下有许多错综复杂的石刻和守护狮子散布在各个角落。
仇峰是当地一位负责旅游相关事宜的官员，2001年北京龙缘海洋潜水俱乐部在千岛湖温馨岛投资开发潜水项目，时任县旅游局规划科科长的仇峰前去探索新的旅游项目，结果发现了这座美丽的水下古城。从那时起每年有大量的游客涌入千岛湖景区，为的就是探索这一神奇的水下世界。
不过虽然淹没的城市看上去无比美丽，但是更重要的是我们要记住，当时的政府为了修建水电站而埋葬了这美丽的城市狮子城、贺城，以及27个乡镇、1377个村庄，共计约50000英亩的农田，此举也是付出了沉重的代价。

译者：饭团小组

While the Qiandao lake in Zhejiang province, China may be beautiful, it covers an entire city that was submerged to create a hydroelectric power plant in 1959. Lion City, which was built more than 1,000 years ago, took it's name from the Five Lion Mountain beneath which it stood. Despite its rich history and impressive reputation, the city was flooded to create a reservoir that stretches for more than 573 square kilometers, and now serves as a popular tourist attraction.
The city remains undisturbed from the surface at a depth of 26-40m, and has provided scientists and archaeologists a glimpse into what life in ancient China was really like. Many of the intricate stone carvings and guardian lions that were scattered around the city are still perfectly intact as seen in the pictures taken by Chinese National Geography.
Qiu Feng, a local official in charge of tourism, first asked a Beijing-based diving club to come and explore the lake in 2001. Since then there has been an influx of tourists, and dive operators such as Big Blue in Shanghai organize trips to the city throughout the year, proving unusual opportunities to explore its underwater streets. A special submarine was also constructed to provide tours of the city, but has yet to be used due to local restrictions and concerns over damaging the city’s remains.
While the submerged city might seem beautiful now, it’s important to remember that the Chinese government at the time were happy to bury Lion City, along with another large city, 27 towns, 1,377 villages, and almost 50,000 acres of farmland to create a hydroelectric plant. The move flooded thousands of homes and displaced 290,000 citizens – a large price to pay for electricity and entertainment for hapless tourists.