By MOOK Scenic Spots Jun(e), compiled and reported
Atlantis is a legendary highly advanced civilization that mysteriously sank into the sea overnight twelve thousand years ago. To this day, the reason remains an unsolved mystery for archaeologists. The disappearance of ancient civilizations is not limited to Atlantis. In 1959, in order to build the Xin’anjiang Reservoir, two ancient cities from the Han and Tang dynasties—Hecheng and Shicheng—were submerged beneath Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang. The sunken cities, lost for half a century, were explored by China Central Television, which sent underwater robots and cameras to capture images and unveil their mysteries.
Iconic architecture of the thousand-year-old Lion City (Image source / Chinese National Geography)
The filming project of the ancient Lion City in Qiandao Lake was a massive undertaking (Image source / Chinese National Geography)
Exploration revealed that although the ancient Lion City had been submerged for many years, the inscriptions on the memorial archways remained well-preserved (Image source / Chinese National Geography)
The exceptional craftsmanship of the ancient Lion City is evident, with its millennia-old techniques being truly remarkable (Image source / Wikipedia)
Shicheng has become a renowned underwater ancient city and was listed as a Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit in January 2011. Although the time period is marked as the Ming and Qing dynasties, the history of Shicheng actually dates back to 208 AD (late Eastern Han Dynasty). Currently, the general outline of the ancient city has been revealed, but many details and historical mysteries remain undiscovered.
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