There are 72 underwater villages in the ancient town, accompanied by an ancient and mysterious legend.

70% of the earth is ocean, and only 30% is land. The ocean is the origin of the earliest life and the mother of life. From beginning to end, people's curiosity and exploration of the ocean never stopped. However, in ancient China, people always believed in the existence of God, and thought that the Dragon King was the God in charge of the ocean and the good weather on earth.

At the bottom of Yanfeng Town, Haikou City, Hainan Province, China, local farmers found many human village remains, and more than one. According to the final statistics, there are 72 underwater villages, so big that people can't believe their eyes. According to local legends, there are a large number of wooden houses and ancient and exquisite stone carvings in these villages found on the seabed, such as stone mills, stone lions and other sculptures. These things found at the bottom of the sea show that there is a breath of human life here.

There are signs of human life in these undersea villages. Is there really anyone living under the sea? If it doesn't exist, how did these things that humans can manufacture and process come from? If it does exist, how can these people survive on the bottom of the sea? Or are these not traces of human life at all, but graves of people living by the sea nearby? These questions are very attractive.

There is a legend about the origin of these villages.

In ancient times, these flooded villages were called Yanfeng Town. Many fishermen have lived in this town for a long time. They are hardworking, brave, friendly and sincere, and the whole family lives by fishing and hunting marine life. But in order to pray for successful fishing every time they go out to sea, they will worship the local sea gods in unison every time they go out to sea to ensure that they can return safely and have a full harvest.

But not everyone will be taken care of by Poseidon.

At first, the fishermen always came back safely and smoothly, and there was never any danger. And most importantly, they always return home with a full load, and there is always no shortage of food on the table, and all kinds of fish are available, which makes them feel very excited and thinks that this is all because of their worship of Poseidon before going to sea.

However, some fishermen find that even if they go out to worship Poseidon, they will still encounter bad weather when they go out to sea, resulting in many deaths or not catching a fish at all for two or three days. This made them gradually disbelieve in the existence of God. Over time, they stopped offering sacrifices to Poseidon, complaining that they had trusted Poseidon to protect themselves before, but they didn't get any benefits.

But at this time, the complaints of these local fishermen were heard by the sea god, the dragon king. This makes the Dragon King very angry, thinking that he is at least a generation of dragon kings and the god in charge of the local ocean. You ordinary humans should be good enough to make sacrifices for yourself. I also have the kindness to let you come back safely from the sea, not to mention that you come back smoothly every time, nine times out of ten. Why don't you talk about benefits when you encounter bad things and keep complaining about me? In order to give these ordinary people some punishment and let them remember for a long time, the Dragon King was very angry and called for the storm to flood all the villages living here. Later, these villages slowly sank to the bottom of the sea, unknown.

But these are still ancient legends, so what are the facts?

According to the county annals preserved in Yanfeng Town, Haikou City, Hainan Province, a major earthquake occurred during the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty about 4 10 years ago.

Residents here began to flee one after another, but some unfortunate people failed to escape and were crushed to death in the ruins. At that time, the crustal movement happened, which caused these earthquake areas to sink to the bottom of the sea. Of course, these dozens of villages also sank to the bottom of the sea and were completely submerged by seawater. Since then, they have never seen anything related on the ground. The narrative of the county annals is over here, no more.

When scientists and some geological experts discovered these 72 villages, they found a lot of things that were obviously not made and processed by modern technology. These articles are of great research value, such as people's economic level at that time, the development of productive forces and so on. Although the conclusions discussed by scientists and experts today can be said to be authoritative after consulting county annals and studying underwater objects, some people still don't buy experts' accounts. They think that since the seaside is inhabited, people will naturally die. Friends who live by the sea will know something about "sea burial" The local residents threw some things of his life into the sea, which can also explain why many smells of human life can be found on the seabed. As for the village also exists in the sea, it is because with the passage of time and the intensification of global warming, the sea has slowly flooded the village, sinking deeper and deeper.

According to legend, there will be a lot of low tides here in May and June every year. If you are lucky when you come, you can stand on the beach and see the villages under the sea directly through the sparkling sea. When you see more and more, you will find that what you see is like a huge ghost village, which makes people tremble slightly and feel cold all over. At first glance, it looks like a huge dragon palace, attracting attention, as if it had returned to the ancient times of fishing at sea.

Villages that once existed at the bottom of the sea were submerged by seawater, not because of human existence, but because of earthquakes and crustal movements, or because of the burial of seaside residents. In fact, no matter how it was formed, it is of little significance to us ordinary people to study it, but since it exists, it is a gift arranged by God, so we should treat this "gift" well.

Nowadays, it has developed into a very suitable punching place for tourism.

Every year, many people come here specially to see the beautiful scenery of the "Dragon Palace under the Sea", listen to the stories told by local people, appreciate with them how mysterious and beautiful it is here, and experience the exotic customs of this seaside town by the way.

With the global warming, the over-exploitation of nature and the destruction of human uncivilized behavior, many natural scenery has already existed in our minds or in the mouths of our predecessors, and we can only appreciate its beauty through image data. Has your hometown been over-transformed, and the paradise where you used to play as a child no longer exists? Has the once vibrant fish pond dried up and overgrown with weeds? Is the endless green space dusty? Without the fear of nature, destruction will be the final outcome.

Finally, with the gradual implementation of China's preferential policies in Hainan, talents from all over the world are welcome to settle and develop in Hainan. At the same time, Hainan Island, a tropical paradise, is also welcoming tourists from all over the world to enjoy the beauty and culture of coastal cities.