Does the ancient underwater city of Qiandao Lake really exist?

There are two counties under Qiandao Lake, one is Gu Chun 'an and the other is Gu Sui 'an. 1955 10 At that time, the Ministry of Electric Power Industry chose Tongguan at the junction of Chun 'an and Jiande to build Xin 'anjiang Hydropower Station. On April 30th 1959, 290,000 people from two counties emigrated. On September 2 1 day, the Xin 'an River was cut off and the reservoir area began to store water. These two ancient cities in western Zhejiang, together with 27 towns, more than 65,438+10,000 villages, 300,000 mu of fertile land and thousands of houses, quietly sank to the bottom of the lake. So far, this ancient city has spent 43 years underwater.

The history of the ancient city can be traced back to 1800 years ago. According to historical records, in the 13th year of Jian 'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 208), General He Qi crusaded against Shanyue and pacified the two places. Shixing County is located in Ye Xiang, east of Shexian County, and Ding Xin County is located in Wuqiang Township, south of Shexian County.

In 209 AD, He Qi and his men established Shixin County. So the ancient city of Chun 'an is also called he cheng. At the end of Yuan Dynasty, he cheng was destroyed by soldiers. It was rebuilt during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. In the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1559), Chun 'an County ordered Hairui to build six gates and towers for the ancient city to reinforce it. Hope. He cheng has not only a county history of 1000 years, but also a county history of more than 400 years. Xindu County in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xin 'an County in the Western Jin Dynasty and Sui 'an County were all ruled by he cheng. Throughout the ages, many literati have been here, leaving behind masterpieces and cultural relics. Writers in the Southern Dynasties, poets Li Bai and Wang Wei in the Tang Dynasty, writer Fan Zhongyan in the Northern Song Dynasty, philosopher Zhu in the Southern Song Dynasty and poet Lu You all have indissoluble bonds with the landscape here. Famous sentences such as "Ask where the canal is so clear, because there is flowing water from the source" are still sung today.

It may be later to build the city in Sui 'an than in Chun 'an. According to literature research, Sui 'an County moved to the present Sui 'an city boundary in the Tang Dynasty (AD 62 1 year). With convenient land and water transportation, it is an important town in western Zhejiang. Because there is Wushi Mountain next to the ancient city of Sui 'an, the county seat is also called the Lion City.

According to county annals and historical records: In A.D. 15 13, Lingrong of Shicheng County advocated the construction of city walls. It is four miles around, with 1 16 steps and five towers. The last construction was in 1935. When completed, the city wall is 2200 meters long and 6.6 meters high, with five gates. In addition to the five towers of the Ming Dynasty, eight towers were added around the city wall. Until the formation of 1959 Xin' anjiang Reservoir, these city walls remained intact, which is rare in China. In addition, with the city wall as the boundary, there are streets and lanes such as Dongjie, Beijie, Nanjie, Zhijie and Hengjie in the urban area of 400,000 square meters.

There are many places of interest in the lion city, such as the seven-story Ming and Qing pagodas; More than ten Ming and Qing archways; Many Ming and Qing dynasties and modern buildings. In particular, the ancient Paifang group, with exquisite materials, compact structure and fine carving, is mostly a masonry structure with four columns, three doors and three floors. The merit archway before Confucianism and Dafu was more magnificent. There are four entrances and long corridors in the five-juren mansion at the east gate, all of which are two-story buildings with a large scale.