Shi Cheng is called Lion City. Which has been flooded by waters of Qiandao. At the present time there is only experienced divers go into it. The depth at which the city is located, is equal to forty meters. Divers can see there ancient buildings, entrances are decorated with sculptures of lions, built in 600 AD. Fortunately, clear water lake valuable architecture preserved in almost perfect condition. Some archaeologists call these flooded areas "time capsule" as the architecture it is protected from wind and weather precipitation. These factors have a maximum destructive effect.
The size of the Lion City about 62 football fields. There are about 265 stone arches preserved in that city. Which apparently are preserved items of urbanism of the Han Dynasty, now fossilized over 30 meters deep, along with temples, pagodas, ruins and cemeteries.
In 1959, the Chinese authorities decided to build on the territory of Xin'an River hydroelectric station and dam. Which were to provide for the needs of the largest city of Hangzhou. After that, over an area of 500 square kilometers there was an artificial lake, named Qingdao, which means "Lake of a thousand islands".The name of the lake is quite justified, because its waters flooded more than 1,000 islands. To be as accurate as possible, the number of these particles sushi was 1078. Qingdao is considered the purest lake water and even suitable for the manufacture of mineral drinks.
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