摘要
GONGTAN, a town with over 1,700 years of history, is located in Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, in the southeastern part of Chongqing Municipality. It originally sat at the con uence of the Wujiang and Apeng rivers. But with the announcement that a hydroelectric power plant would be built on the Wujiang River, a resettlement project for the town’s residents was initiated in 2005. Four years later, the whole town had been moved
GONGTAN, a town with over 1,700 years of history, is located in Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous .County, in the southeastern part of Chongqing Municipality. It originally sat at the confluence of the Wu-jiang and Apeng rivers. But with the announcement that a hydroelectric power plant would be built on the Wujiang River, a resettlement project for the town＇s residents was initiated in 2005. Four years later, the whole town had been moved to Xiaoyintan, one kilometer＂ downstream from the riverbank. Locals took their houses with them; every brick and tile from the old town was transported to Xiaoyintan, where they were used in reconstruction. Even Gongtan＇s old bluestone street was relaid at the site of the new town. These days New Oongtan is barely distinguishable from old Gongtan. Though the relocation took some years, elderly residents say the town has the same feel as it did when it was one kilometer closer to the river, and that they now feel at home in their new ＂old＂ residences.
