The intact ancient city of the lake is incredibly beautiful

Do you still have a 1,300-year-old city called 'Atlantis of the East' that remains intact at the bottom of an artificial lake?

Quite the ancient city in the bottom of the lake

Thien Dao Lake is an artificial lake located in Thuan An Province, Zhejiang, China. The lake was formed in 1959 when the government decided to build a hydropower station in Tan An River and " buried " an ancient city in the lake's bottom.

True to its name, Thien Dao consists of 1,078 large islands and several thousand smaller islands scattered throughout the lake. Thien Dao has an area of ​​573 square kilometers and has a storage capacity of 17.8 cubic kilometers. The islands in the lake have a total area of ​​about 86 square kilometers.

Thien Dao Lake is famous for its majestic beauty but few people know that the magnificence does not stop on the lake surface but is hidden in the bottom of the lake.

Ho artificial with thousands of islands in Zhejiang

The first attempt to explore the bottom of Thien Dao Lake in 2001 helped experts discover some structures at the bottom of the lake, with 265 arches including gates and bridges.

After many explorations later, Shanghai's Big Blue divers found Shi Cheng - an ancient city submerged at the bottom of Thien Dao Lake, 40 meters deep.

The portrayal of Master Thanh.

Su-Cheng - or Lion City - was built at the foot of Mount Wu Su , during the Dong Han period (around 25 - 200 years). This work was named ' Lion City' because there was the Ngu Su Mountain located just behind the city.

Su Thanh has 5 gates, each city gate has a large tower with an area equivalent to 62 football fields. Before being submerged under water, Master Cheng had six main roads built of stone, used to connect every corner of the city.

Before Su Thanh was submerged, 290,000 people were moved away from where their ancestors lived for 1,300 years. Few doubts, located deep beneath Thien Dao Ho used to be a political and economic center of the region.

Through the photographs taken by the divers, the experts found that Thanh Thanh had a sophisticated carved architecture with many sculptures of lions, phoenixes, or ancient Chinese characters on the wall.

According to National Geographic, when diving down to a depth of 28m, the light is no longer shining here. Lights for divers are only capable of lighting about 2 meters.

However, they found that although it was located at a depth of 26-40m at the bottom of the lake, this structure was almost intact, not much damaged, even wooden beams and stairs remained intact. integrity.

Experts say that the surrounding water environment has protected the city so the architecture here is not eroded. However, the real answer is still the mystery that scientists are seeking.

It is known that the Lion City was submerged into the water when the Chinese planner executed the Tan An dam project in 1959. And to attract tourists, they are planning to turn it into a landmark. tourist attraction.

According to Our World magazine: " Su Thanh was decided to become an underwater tourist destination. With special submarines with a height of 3.8 meters, a length of 23 meters and a capacity of 48 passengers worth 6 million. USD (about 126 billion VND), everyone can visit the underwater city ".

Many people believe that this work is a small version of the city of Atlantis and is one of the members of the collection of wonders world version in China.

However, local officials said the use of submarines in this lake could create strong waves on the bottom of the lake and this could destroy the old city.