Go inside the abandoned Chinese village that nature is taking back one house at a time
Advertisement
Nearly fifty years ago, more than 2,000 people called this bucolic Chinese village home.
Advertisement
Now, only a handful remain.
Houtouwan clings to the lush green coastline of a tiny island in the Zhousan archipelago at the mouth of the Yangtze River in China. Half a century ago, it was a busy regional center and a port of call to a sizable fishing fleet.
But as was the case with so many agricultural communities in China, the lightning speed of the country's modernization has left Houtouwan a virtual ghost town.
The photos below, taken by Damir Sagolj for Reuters, show how the force of nature has retaken this village in a matter of decades - and turned into a tourist attraction.
Advertisement
Advertisement
- Luxury “floating” beach unveiled in France, termed an “ecological aberration”
- Scientists think they’ve spotted 60 potential alien power plants in the Milky Way!
- Bread, butter, milk-based health drinks, cooking oils classified as ultra-processed food, ICMR advises restriction
- Debt, equity holders approve merger of IDFC with IDFC First Bank
- Sunrisers Hyderabad to take on Punjab Kings as they look to grab the second spot in IPL points table
- Nothing Phone (2a) blue edition launched
- JNK India IPO allotment date
- JioCinema New Plans
- Realme Narzo 70 Launched
- Apple Let Loose event
- Elon Musk Apology
- RIL cash flows
- Charlie Munger
- Feedbank IPO allotment
- Tata IPO allotment
- Most generous retirement plans
- Broadcom lays off
- Cibil Score vs Cibil Report
- Birla and Bajaj in top Richest
- Nestle Sept 2023 report
- India Equity Market