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Hydroelectric reservoir burst, 4 cities isolated in China! The 200 m crack engulfed everything A state of emergency was declared when a dike crack at China's second largest freshwater lake, Dongting Lake in Huarong County, central China's Hunan Province, caused an emergency evacuation

Worship of phoenix may start 7,400 years ago in central China New archaeological discoveries show that the worship of the phoenix by ancient Chinese can be dated back as early as 7,400 years ago in central China. A large amount of pottery, decorated with the patterns of beasts, the sun and birds have been excavated at the Gaomiao relics site in Hongjiang, Huaihua City of central China's Hunan Province, according to a report by the Guangming Daily. "The patterns of birds should be the phoenix worshipped by ancient Chinese," said He Gang, a researcher with the Hunan Institute of Archaeology....