1700-year-old Dachang Town submerged


Updated: 2007-04-17 10:50


File photo shows the Dachang Town in Wushan County, Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality July 17, 2005. The 1700-year-old Dachang Town, with the largest number of ancient buildings in the Three Gorges reservoir area, has been submerged by rising water from the Three Gorges Project.[Xinhua]

Artistic rendering shows the new Dachang Town under construction, a relocation project that has a total investment of 30 million yuan.[Xinhua]

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