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China’s Atlantis: How the Lion City was purposely-flooded to make way for a power station but remains completely intact 130ft underwater after 50…
by Mia De Graaf
Daily Mail
Shi Cheng was once centre of politics and economics in eastern province of Zhejiang
Covered in water to build hydroelectric power station in 1959 and was forgotten
Now divers want to use the metropolis as a tourist site and have gone to plan routes
A maze of white temples, memorial arches, paved roads, and houses… hidden 130 feet underwater: this is China's real-life Atlantis.
The so-called Lion City, tucked in a lake between the Five Lion Mountain, was once Shi Cheng – the centre of politics and economics in the eastern province of Zhejiang.
But in 1959, the Chinese government decided a new hydroelectric power station was required – so built a man-made lake.
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Metropolis: Shi Cheng, dubbed Lion City after the Lion Mountains that surround it, has lain hidden under 131 feet of water since 1959 to generate hydroelectric power
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Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2014/03/chinas-atlantis-how-lion-city-was.html
