Know The Mystery of Poyang Lake Under Water Road China
Poyang Lake Road underwater
There are many beautiful roads around the world but no one is compared to the Dahuchi section of the Yongxiu-Wucheng Road in East China’s Jiangxi province, which is a paradise on earth. Have you ever seen a car driving on the water? Today, I will cover the story of the mystery of the most beautiful water road in China or the Poyang lake mystery. The two ends of Highway Yongxiu-Wucheng connect two different worlds. One end is Yongxiu County, known as the Little Jiuzhaigou. At the other end is Wucheng Town, the “kingdom of rare birds” with a history of over a thousand years. This highway is known as the Yongwu Highway of china. The 5-kilometre-long Dahuchi section of the Yongwu highway is a natural attraction to fishing and outdoor enthusiasts as it passes the famous Poyang Lake Migratory Bird Reserve, where some 700,000 migratory birds spend the long winter.
Poyang lake mystery
Water in Poyang Lake Road begins to rise up with the arrival of the rainy season and this makes Poyang lake a mystery. Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China and is located in the Poyang Lake National Park in the province of Jiangxi, in the southeast of China. It is also the world’s largest lake in terms of volume. Every year, part of China’s Yongwu Highway, which spans Poyang Lake, is submerged under water in the rainy season. It is also named the “Most Beautiful Road Under the Water.” you can see a bus navigating its way along the Dahuchi Highway, in the middle of Poyang Lake, before the highway is flooded, and below in the video some vehicles are passing after the road is underwater.
Take a drive on "road underwater" in E China's Jiangxi! A section of Yongxiu-Wucheng Road is submerged in water during flood season when the water level exceeds 18.67 meters #AmazingChina pic.twitter.com/NJK9delnkq
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The Poyang Lake Road underwater is totally paved. It’s 29.9 km long and with the onset of the rainy season, water in the lake starts to rise up towards the end of May, every year. For the next few months, this road is no longer just above the surface but deep under the water. As the water level of the lake rises the road is gradually flooded. Although drivers can no longer see the road surface, they still drive across the road by keeping within the guard rails on either side. As the water level continues to rise, after a few days, the entire road is completely submerged. In Actual, it is one of the most periodically flooded roads around the world. It is part of the Yongwu highway in china. The people of China call it “the most beautiful road under the water”.
Poyang Lake China
Poyang lake located in Jiujiang is the largest freshwater lake in China. The lake is fed by the Gan, Xin, and Xiu rivers, which connect to the Yangtze through a channel. The area of Poyang Lake fluctuates dramatically between the wet and dry seasons. The Poyang Lake has a maximum length of 170 km from north to south and a maximum width of 17 km from east to west. The lake has an average depth of 8.4 m and reaches a maximum depth of 25.1 m. The entire region becomes an extensive marshland by seasonal water bodies and is marked with small hills topped by villages in the winter season. In the summer season, the whole area is flooded, and then these tiny hills serve as islands. In a normal year, the area of the lake averages 3,500 square kilometres and less than 1000 sq. km during the dry season. In early 2012, drought, sand quarrying, and the practice of storing water at the Three Gorges Dam lowered the area of the lake to about 200 square kilometres.
Poyang Lake has also been called Pengli Lake historically, but they are not the same. Before the Han Dynasty, the Yangtze followed a more northerly course through what is now Longgan Lake. The area that is now Poyang Lake was a plain along the Gan River. Around 400 AD, the Yangtze River switched to a more southerly course, causing the Gan River to back up and form Lake Poyang. The backing up of the Gan River drowned Poyang County and Haihun County, forcing a mass migration to Wucheng Township in what is now Yongxiu County. Wucheng thus became one of the great ancient townships of Jiangxi Province.
Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve
Poyang Lake National Nature Reserve is located in the north of Jiangxi Province. The reserve is mainly aimed at protecting wild animals, especially rare birds like white cranes, and their winter habitats. The reserve consists of a large expanse of inland wetlands including ponds, permanent rivers, seasonal lakes, and permanent freshwater herb swamps. The reserve has distinct seasons, picturesque scenery, and widespread fame as an ideal tourist resort.
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Marvellous mountains, as well as fantastic islands, are available almost everywhere all-around Poyang Lake. Mt. Shizhongshan and Mt. Dagushan in Hukou County, Mt. Nanshan, and Laoyemiao Shrine in Douchang County are famous touristic spots. Mt. Luoxingdun in Xingzi County is an interesting and scenic area.
Fallen-Star Rock
Star Rock is found on the bank of Poyang Lake. Actually, this is a little rock island that appears like a star floating on the surface of the water. It rises and falls along with the water level in the lake. Even though Fallen-Star Rock is actually a tiny place, it is popular as a meeting place for scholars, and men of letters who met here during several dynasties, giving Fallen-Star Rock a strong cultural heritage.
The site that allows you to get a grand sight of the lake is Nanjishan Nature Reserve near Nanji Town. The Poyang Lake National Wetland Park in Poyang County is the largest wetland in Asia, and also the best area to see Poyang Lake. Hanpokou on Lushan Mountain is one of the best sites to see Poyang Lake, from here one can overlook the lake. The scenery here is spectacular and worth a visit. apart from this Xingzi County or Hukou County in Jiujiang Mountain Tour is also good choices to get a close look at the lake.
Best time to travel to Poyang lake road underwater
June and July each year. The water level of Poyang Lake rises. When the water level exceeds 18.67 meters, the Dahuchi pavement of Yongwu Highway will be submerged. The pavement has a special drainage design, which is specially used to open to traffic during the flood season. When the high tide of Poyang Lake is particularly severe and the water level exceeds 20 meters, the road cannot be opened to traffic, but the boats on the lake can come by and the road becomes a dock.
Sources-Globaltimes. cn, wikipedia.org, chinadaily.com.cn, researchgate.net
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