What kind of history is hidden behind the underwater ancient city of Fuxian Lake in Yunnan?

Fuxian Lake in Yunnan is located in Yuxi City, with an altitude of 1.700 meters and an area of more than 200 square kilometers. The deepest lake reaches 1.58 meters. Because of its abundant water, it is listed as the largest deep-water freshwater lake in China.

Fuxian Lake not only has a large amount of water, but also has excellent water quality. Because it is crystal clear, crystal clear, it has? Glazed glass? The reputation of.

(Fuxian Lake)

There are even more legends about Fuxian Lake. Especially in 2005, after someone revealed the underwater ancient city of Fuxian Lake, it added a mysterious coat to the beautiful Fuxian Lake. So, how was this ancient underwater city discovered? What secrets are hidden in human history there?

This is about Geng Wei, the first city to discover this ancient city.

Geng Wei is a professional diver. Because of his talent in diving, he won an award in the local area. Water ghost? Nickname.

Because he often dives in Fuxian Lake, Geng Wei knows more about the underwater situation of Fuxian Lake, so when he dives in the waters along the northeast coast, he finds many strange signs.

According to Geng Wei, after he dived into the water for the first time, he saw some big and long stones, slabs and many complete stones. Although these stones and strips are covered with thick moss, it can be seen from the outline that these are definitely not natural traces.

In addition, Fuxian Lake is mostly silt, so it occurred to Geng Wei for the first time that there must be unknown secrets hidden in the huge stone strips and slabs he saw.

Since then, with curiosity, Geng Wei dived into the water many times to detect and photograph the tall buildings and roads paved with stone slabs. Finally, he speculated that what he saw should be a vanished ancient city.

To this end, after diving for 38 times, he sorted out the information and photos he had, and then submitted them to the relevant departments and experts in Yunnan Province in the form of reports, hoping that they could answer the underwater secrets that made him curious for two years.

(Old photos of Geng Wei)

After receiving the report, the relevant departments did not neglect it, and immediately organized an underwater archaeological team to further excavate the ancient city at the bottom of Fuxian Lake.

After exploring the underwater structure, the team finally got a comprehensive image.

This ancient underwater city has eight tall buildings made of stone strips. Among them, the 20-meter-high pyramid-shaped building is particularly eye-catching.

In addition, there is a huge platform similar to the Colosseum in Rome. Its width is almost 63 meters and its base is as high as 2 1 meter.

In addition, the road paved with stone slabs is 7 meters wide and about 300 meters long.

On these buildings, after careful inspection, the underwater archaeological team also found some patterns with extremely abstract shapes. Like a symbol of the sun? Face shape? There are also three horizontal lines and other patterns. These patterns are so abstract that we can't immediately draw a conclusion about what they represent.

Besides, those buildings don't look like residential buildings or urban buildings. On the contrary, from its solemn appearance, it is closer to the altar of sacrifice. Because we can't get more information, after archaeological exploration, we can't find the answer, but it makes the underwater ancient city more mysterious.

With the news of the ancient underwater city spreading, there are more and more mysteries about it.

Some people say that Fuxian Lake has high visibility when the weather is fine. Looking down from a height, you can see the outline of submerged structure.

There are also divers who claim that there is a large body array under Fuxian Lake. Those bodies didn't fall into the water at sixes and sevens, but stood underwater like living people. Men lean forward and women lean back. Affected by the current, the body will swing with it, resembling a living person.

Old local fishermen also mentioned that they used to go boating and fishing in the lake at night, and when they saw something like a golden disc coming out of the lake, they disappeared.

(Underwater detection)

There are more and more strange stories about Fuxian Lake, but the ancient underwater city is still the mystery that everyone wants to solve most.

Experts are trying to find answers from many aspects. At first, they thought that it should be the ancient Dian ruins that sank to the bottom of the water.

The reason why there is such speculation comes from Sima Qian's record in Historical Records.

It is said that during the Warring States period, in order to expand his power and territory, the King of Chu sent a general named Zhuang Ti to attack the southwest.

Zhuang Tiao surrendered to many ethnic minorities successively, and seized the counties in central Guizhou and Baxian, and was not ready to retire from the DPRK until he reached the Dianchi Lake. But just as he was preparing to move his troops back to Korea, the powerful state of Qin almost destroyed Chu. When there was no way to return to China, Zhuang Ti saw the fertile soil and beautiful environment of Dianchi Lake and simply called Wang Jianguo here. This is the origin of the ancient Dian kingdom.

The records of ancient Dian country continued until the Han Dynasty. With the implementation of the county system, the power of ancient Yunnan gradually declined and eventually disappeared in the long river of history.

However, some people soon raised objections. In their view, most cities in the Han Dynasty were civil structures, not huge stone strips.

In addition, according to the local county records, some experts believe that it may also be Yu Yuancheng who disappeared in history.

But Yu Yuancheng was founded in the Western Han Dynasty and disappeared in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Obviously, the urban structure at that time had long been separated from building with stones. In addition, from the bronzes found around Fuxian Lake, no patterns consistent with the ancient city at the bottom of the lake were found.

Therefore, after careful appraisal, experts finally failed to give a reasonable answer.

However, the discovery of this ancient underwater city still excites experts. Obviously, what sank into the water was an ancient civilization that was unknown thousands of years ago. I want to uncover it, although I have no more comprehensive conditions at present. But with the rapid development of science and technology, the mystery of underwater ancient city will be solved in the near future.

(Refer to historical materials: Fuxian Lake Underwater Ancient City)