On March 15, divers were cleaning up inside the inscribed pressureless vessel cover of Baiheliang, which was more than 40 meters below the Yangtze River.

On the same day, the Baiheliang Underwater Museum in Fuling, Chongqing ushered in the first underwater clean-up operation by divers after the third closure and renovation.

The divers passed through the pressure chamber and entered the inscribed pressureless container cover of Baiheliang more than 40 meters underwater, focusing on cleaning the underwater lamps and lampshades, the observation window glass of the visiting corridor, and the sediment on the inscription body.

Baiheliang is a natural stone beam with a length of about 1.6 kilometers and an average width of 15 meters in the heart of the Fuling section of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in Chongqing.

There are 165 inscriptions on the beam from 763 to 1963, recording the low-water hydrology of the Fuling section of the Yangtze River for more than 1,200 years.

The Baiheliang Underwater Museum was officially completed and opened in 2009. The original appearance of the inscription is protected by the principle of "pressure-free container". Visitors can take the escalator down to the underwater viewing corridor and see the protective cover clearly through the viewing window. The inscription of Baiheliang lying still in the water.

Photograph by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Ling Picture source: Xinhuanet


Release time: 2021-03-16 14:32:46 【Editor: Yang Yanyu】