Explore the wonders of Fuxian Lake and visit the secrets buried in the ancient underwater city for more than 2, years.

In Fengshan Park, Chengjiang County, Yunnan Province, there is a sculpture called Fuxian. It is recorded in the sculpture that, "Legend has it that there are two immortals in the sky, Stone and Xiao. Because of their admiration for the clarity of Chengjianghai, they drove to the lake and were intoxicated by the magnificent lakes and mountains, and even lingered. Over time, the two immortals put their hands on their shoulders and turned them into rocks, hence the name Fuxian Lake.

Fuxian Lake is a plateau-broken lake, located between Chengjiang, Jiangchuan and Huaning counties in Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, more than 6 kilometers away from Kunming, with a volume of 2.618 billion cubic meters. It is the third largest lake in Yunnan Province, with the deepest water of 155 meters, and the second deep-water lake in China except Tianchi.

Fuxian Lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides. The northern part of the lake is wide and deep, the southern part is narrow and shallow, the middle part is slender like a gourd, and the bottom of the lake is mostly rocky reefs with great ups and downs.

The exploration of Fuxian Lake began as early as 199s.

In 1992, Geng Wei, a local professional diver living in Fuxian Lake, found piles of stones underwater. In order to find out the reason, he later took an underwater camera and photographed the underwater landscape.

The video shooting has aroused great interest of relevant experts, who think that these underwater buildings have obvious traces of artificial processing.

in view of the great significance of this discovery, in 21, archaeologists conducted the first underwater archaeology of the lake in Fuxian Lake.

The underwater sites of Fuxian Lake are mainly concentrated in the northeast of the lake, which is the focus of archaeological exploration.

at a depth of 15m, a stone wall with a length of 6m and a height of 2m was found, showing a north-south direction. There were scattered stones under the stone wall, mostly large bluestone and limestone, and there were stone paths piled with stones in this area, with stones of different sizes, ranging from 6-7cm to 2-3cm, and one and two sides of each stone were flat and obvious.

Professor Yu Xixian, a historical geographer, believes that this kind of architecture features the ancient architectural style of the local Yi people, which is similar to the residential areas in the city.

After passing through an open flat land of about 4 meters, a high-platform building with steps was also found. This area is smaller than the previous area, but the stones here are obviously large and thick, including stone walls with a length of 2-3 meters and slates with a width of 2-3 meters. There are traces of processing on three sides of the stones, which are very smooth and fine, and some of them have round holes or stone troughs, and all the scattered stones are arranged in order.

There is also a few meters wide north-south slate avenue in this area, with large buildings on both sides. Professor Yu speculated that this area may be a rich area of the ancient city, or a temple and altar.

After bypassing a stone wall with a length of more than 2 meters and a width of 9 meters, there is another building area. The scale, quantity, volume and processing degree of stones in this area are far less than those in the previous two areas, and it is probably a civilian area.

By the end of 25, the underwater archaeological work in recent years has proved that the site of Fuxian Lake ancient city covers an area of 2.4 square kilometers, which is distributed in the water area with a length of 2 kilometers from north to south and a width of 1.2 kilometers from east to west. There are eight main buildings, of which two tall stepped buildings and a circular building are the most important.

of the two stepped buildings, one is 16m high and divided into three floors, the bottom floor is 6m wide, the middle floor is 32m wide and the top floor is 18m wide. The steps of this building are very neat and symmetrical.

another stepped building is divided into five floors, with small steps connected between the big steps of each floor. The first big step runs straight up from the bottom. The whole building is 21 meters high, the first floor is 63 meters wide at the bottom, the second floor is 48 meters wide, and the fifth floor is 27 meters wide. The third and fourth floors collapsed seriously and it is impossible to calculate.

This structure is very similar to the pyramids of Maya in Central America.

in addition, between these two buildings, there is a stone pavement with a length of more than 3 meters and a width of 5-7 meters, which is paved with stone slabs with different shapes and various geometric patterns on it.

A circular building was found in another building area, with a diameter of 37 meters at the bottom. It collapsed seriously in the north, with a gap in the northeast and high steps in the south, which was similar to the Colosseum in ancient Rome.

The pattern of this stepped building has appeared on some bronzes. The bronzes with this pattern were unearthed in Shizhai Mountain, Jinning, Yunnan Province, belonging to the ancient Dian Kingdom. What is even more surprising is that some circular stepped building patterns carved on bronze buckles are almost identical to the circular building forms found underwater. The circular platform bluestone building on the bronze ware is divided into upper and lower floors. On the first floor, there are more than ten people, and on the second floor, there are three or four people sitting on the steps to watch the bullfighting or other performances. Therefore, some experts think that the circular building is an ancient entertainment facility or sports ground, but some people are opposed to it. They think that if this building is used as an ancient entertainment facility, it is too luxurious and unrealistic.

In the shallow water of Fuxian Lake, holes with a diameter of about 8-15cm can be seen on the exposed slate, which is similar to some holes found in submerged structure. If these holes are inserted with wooden stakes and connected with ropes, a regular rectangle will be formed, which is very consistent with the foundation of dry-fence architecture. The so-called dry-fence architecture is a building formed by first building a house frame with bamboo and wood, suspending the bottom floor and then repairing the wall.

judging from the architectural style and stone carving technology of underwater buildings, the buildings at the bottom of the lake are quite similar to the ancient Great Wall found in central Yunnan, which should be in the same era, that is, about 2 years ago.

This provides favorable evidence for the existence of the ancient kingdom of Yunnan. According to historical records, there was a major earthquake in this area during the Eastern Han Dynasty in 11 AD, so the ancient underwater city may have sunk during this earthquake.

Is this ancient underwater city the ancient capital of Yunnan that has never been discovered? Is it due to catastrophe or the rising of the lake? When was the exact age of the fall? These problems need further archaeological confirmation.

"Zhuang Miao entered Yunnan" is a story about the history of ancient Yunnan. During the Warring States Period, the state of Chu, as a big country in the south, was not to be outdone. While competing for the Central Plains, he also extended the banner of hegemony to the southwest.

During the Chu Weiwang period, the general Zhuang Ti began to lead troops to all parts of southwest China. Zhuang Ti was the posthumous son of Miao people, and he was brave and good at fighting. At dusk, the army of Chu traveled thousands of miles to Dianchi Lake. After fierce fighting, all the tribes on the bank of Dianchi Lake returned to Chu, and the general Zhuang Ti's fame also resounded through Yunnan. In desperation, Zhuang Ti had to lead the soldiers back to Dianchi Lake and live there.

They gradually adapted to the local customs, and engaged in agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing, textiles, and mining with the local people. Zhuang Min was known as the King of Yunnan in history.

in the era of emperor wudi of the Han dynasty, the central dynasty set the area where the Dian kingdom was located as Yizhou county, with 24 counties under its jurisdiction, and the king of Dian became the nominal ruler.

The ancient Dian civilization gradually weakened and merged into the Central Plains civilization. However, due to the lack of historical records, the disappearance of the ancient Dian kingdom is still a mystery.

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