Lake Qingdao

Now we go to China, in the province of Zhejiang to the lake Qingdao. Immediately I must say that it is man-made, in particular, this beauty was formed by the construction of hydroelectric power in 1959. When the dam was completely built, the reservoir formed with an area 573 square km. This lake is also called Lake 1000 islands, and due to the fact that it is literally dotted with large islands in 1078 and several thousand small islands.


Incidentally, this area is famous for More longest bridge on the planet - Qingdao gaiwan, the latter has a length of 42, 5 kilometers!

Chip Lake Qingdao is that the water is incredibly clean, so much so that it can be drunk. Famous Chinese manufacturer of mineral water is water uses this reservoir. All this, of course, interesting and exciting, but special attention should be given a picturesque surrounding area, consisting of a myriad of islands and forests. The painting, to put it mildly, impressive!

You can visit the island theme, such as Snake Island, Monkey Island Bird Island, as well as an island with a castle.

It is worth noting that the beauty of Lake Qingdao is not only what's on the surface, but also in that which is hidden under a layer of water ...

The fact is that before the valley was flooded, near the mountain stood just 2 magnificent city - Ho Chi Cheng and Chen. As for Shi Chen, it was built in 621, the year AD during the reign of the Tang Dynasty. This city is the cultural, political, and economic center of the region. The second city - Ho Cheng more ancient, it was founded in 208, the year AD during the reign of the Han dynasty. Ho Cheng is also an important economic center.

Alas, these towns were completely flooded during the construction of the dam and reservoir formation. It is noteworthy that vmese with ancient cities, was also flooded 377 villages, 27 cities, 50,000 acres of farmland and thousands of homes. Just imagine, for this project has been moved more than 290 000 people! Strange, but the Chinese government has not taken even basic measures that could help preserve this historical heritage.

Ancient cities remained forgotten for 40 years - until 2001, the year up to the time until the ministry of tourism has not been decided to turn this place into a tourist attraction. After that, there was organized a special diving center, employees are engaged in the study of underwater depths in search of ancient wonders.

Today we know that the lake Qingdao hides 3 more ancient city, repeatedly put forward a variety of proposals that could keep all this historical heritage, but, alas, all these proposals is incredibly expensive and until today they can not be implemented. By the way, some experts believe that it is best to do nothing now, so that the situation does not bring to a deplorable state. Scientists believe that the underwater environment better preserves relics ...

So, Qingdao Lake - incredibly beautiful pond that keeps a lot of secrets. This lake is amazingly beautiful outside, all its islands, forests, incredibly clear water and the surrounding atmosphere literally intoxicating subconscious, and if you look under the water its cover, then it becomes certain that this is the most beautiful lake in the world!