Post by sherlew99 on Jun 6, 2016 23:04:38 GMT -6
Mental Floss
An Abandoned Chinese Village Is Now Gorgeously Overgrown With Ivy
Hannah Keyser
Just 50 years ago, the Houtou Wan Village—one of the 394 islands known as the Shengsi Islands in China's Yangtze River—was a thriving fishing town. But after the adjacent bay could no longer accommodate the increasing number of vessels, the village was gradually abandoned over the past half a century as residents moved elsewhere.
An Abandoned Chinese Village Is Now Gorgeously Overgrown With Ivy
Hannah Keyser
Just 50 years ago, the Houtou Wan Village—one of the 394 islands known as the Shengsi Islands in China's Yangtze River—was a thriving fishing town. But after the adjacent bay could no longer accommodate the increasing number of vessels, the village was gradually abandoned over the past half a century as residents moved elsewhere.
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