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

7% of the earth is ocean, and only 3% 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. In ancient China, however, people always believed in the existence of gods, and thought that the Dragon King was the god in charge of the ocean and the good weather on earth.

At the bottom of the sea in Yanfeng Town, Haikou City, Hainan Province, China, local farmers have found many remains of human villages, and there is more than one. According to the final statistics, there are 72 underwater villages, which is too large to believe their eyes. According to local legend, there are a large number of wooden houses and ancient and exquisite stone carvings in these villages found at the bottom of the sea, for example, 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 it true that there are people living under the sea? If it doesn't exist, how did these things that humans can make and process come from? If they do 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? All these questions are fascinating.

There is a legend about the origin of these villages.

In ancient times, these submerged villages were called Yanfeng Town. Many fishermen lived in the town for a long time. They were hardworking, brave, friendly and sincere, and the whole family depended on fishing and hunting marine life to maintain their families' lives. However, in order to pray for the success of fishing every time they go out to sea, they will go to worship the local sea gods in unison every time they go out to sea, so as 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 nothing dangerous ever happened. 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 due to their worship of Poseidon before going out to sea.

However, some fishermen find that even if they go to worship Poseidon before going out to sea, they will still encounter bad weather when going out to sea, resulting in many deaths or not catching any fish at all for two or three days. This made them gradually disbelieve in the existence of gods, and over time, they stopped offering sacrifices to Poseidon, complaining that they had trusted Poseidon to bless 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, that is, the dragon king. This made the Dragon King very angry, thinking that he was at least a generation of dragon kings, the gods in charge of the local ocean, and you ordinary humans should have been good enough to offer sacrifices to yourself. I also have the kindness to let you come back safely from the sea, not to mention that every time you return smoothly, but there are seven or eight times out of ten. Why don't you talk about the benefits and keep complaining about me when you encounter bad things? In order to give these ordinary people some punishment to make them remember for a long time, the dragon king was angry and called for strong winds and heavy rains to drown all the villages living here. Later, these villages slowly sank to the bottom of the sea, unknown.

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

according to the county annals preserved in yanfeng town, Haikou city, Hainan province, during the Wanli period of the Ming dynasty, which is about 41 years from now, a very serious earthquake occurred at that time.

The residents here began to flee in great numbers, but some unfortunate people failed to escape and were crushed to death in the ruins. At that time, it happened that 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. From then on, they could no longer see any related things on the ground. The narrative of the county annals ended here and there was no more.

When scientists and some geological experts discovered these 72 villages today, they found a lot of articles that were obviously not made and processed by current technology. These discovered articles are of high research value, such as people's economic level at that time, the development of productive forces and so on. Although after inquiring county annals and studying underwater objects, the conclusions that scientists and experts have discussed today can be said to be authoritative, but some people don't buy the accounts of experts. They think that since there are people living by the sea, people will naturally die. Friends who live by the sea will know something about "sea burial". The local residents threw some things from his lifetime into the sea, which can also explain why a lot of breath 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 aggravation of global warming, the sea water has slowly flooded the village and sank deeper and deeper.

It is said that in May and June every year, there will be a large number of low tides here. If you are lucky when you come, you can stand on the beach and see the villages on the seabed 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 chilly. At first glance, it looks like a giant dragon palace, which attracts people's attention, as if it were back to the ancient time of fishing at sea.

The villages that existed on the seabed were not because of the existence of human beings, but because of earthquakes and crustal movement, or because of the burial of seaside residents, and the villages were submerged by seawater. In fact, no matter how it was formed here, it is not of great significance for us ordinary people to study it, but since they exist, they are gifts arranged by God, and we should treat this "gift" well.

Nowadays, it has developed into a holiest place for punching cards.

Every year, many people come here specially, just to see the beautiful scenery of the "Dragon Palace under the Sea", to listen to the local people's stories about what happened here, to appreciate with them how mysterious and beautiful it is, and to experience the exotic customs of the coastal town by the way.

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

Finally, with the gradual implementation of various preferential policies in Hainan, talents from all over the world are welcome to settle in Hainan for development. Hainan Island, a tropical paradise, is also welcoming tourists from all over the world to enjoy the beauty and culture of coastal cities.