Without tourists, film and television scenic spots have become ancient ghost towns, desolate and desolate comparable to Silent Hill.

Compared with tourist attractions with unique natural scenery or popular themed entertainment facilities, film and television themed scenic spots built with Chinese-style man-made concepts are one of the most prone to rapid decline and demise. . Once the popularity of movies and TV series on this film and television theme disappears, there will be a lack of tourists who will come to spend and play. Within a few years, this kind of film and television base scenic spot will turn into a ghost town and eventually be razed to the ground. This kind of story is constantly being played out in China.

In Panzhihua, at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan, not far from Lugu Lake, there once was an amazing primitive tribe film and television scenic spot. It is located in Gesala, a picturesque Yi inhabited area. The name is "Taikoo Shing". Nowadays, the name of this scenic spot has been completely forgotten by people. Movies and TV shows about primitive tribes are no longer popular. It has become an "outdated" scenic spot. Not many tourists come a year, and even the security guards can't afford it. In the end, this magnificent ancient tribal scenic spot was razed to the ground, and the huge initial investment was wiped out.

After seeing too many deserted scenic spots recently, I suddenly thought of this place. This is a "lost ancient city". It was only a few years after I took these photos. I retrieved the latest satellite map and found that this once magnificent and original scenic ancient city has disappeared from the earth this year. Three years ago, I walked in this deserted ancient city and felt the feeling of abandoned buildings by humans.

In fact, the location selection of film and television photography bases is very particular. The architectural scenery must be chosen, and the location must be chosen with first-class scenery. The Gesala area where this abandoned ancient city is located is a paradise in the mountains. The word "Gesala", explained in Yi language, means "a beautiful paradise where man and nature live in harmony." For a long time, it has been rarely developed and known to outsiders due to traffic congestion.

The huge architectural landscape here, part of its most glorious period, has been left in film and television works. After being abandoned, the power of time and nature has smoothed everything here. After several years of wind and sun, the place has been reduced to a state of incomparable vicissitudes, as if hundreds of years have passed.

The ruins of this ancient city scenic spot are about 3 kilometers away from the entrance of Gesala Scenic Spot in Panzhihua and relatively close to Yanyuan County in Sichuan. On the way to Gesala Scenic Area, I saw this special building from a distance. I was particularly interested in it, so I went to visit it on foot, walked through the wide valley grassland, and walked into the ancient city. Later, I found out the story of this "lost city" through searching for information.

As early as 10 years ago, there was a TV series called "Ancient Legends". In order to film this TV series, a huge film and television base was built deep in the mountains. This is the "Taikoo City". This is a large-scale imitation of an ancient village (an ancient village designed in film and television dramas). The scale of the building complex was definitely considered large-scale in China at that time. This TV series is a mythological TV series directed by Wu Jiali and Lin Jianzhong, starring Wen Qing, Jiao Enjun, Liu Dekai, Liao Jingsheng and other actors. It was first broadcast on CCTV-1 from August 2010 to September 2010. However, judging from the current film criticism Look, the content and production are actually not of high quality.

I looked up the promotional poster for this TV series, and there is an intriguing saying on the poster: "(This drama) has invested a lot of money and is produced in an original way. No one has done it before, and no one will dare to do it in the future." ", this is indeed a "prophecy". What this film and television drama left behind is "a piece of chicken feathers", and local folk customs and tourism development did not benefit much from it.

An ancient-themed costume drama had poor ratings and reputation. It was once planned to be developed into a themed scenic spot, but it was closed down and abandoned within a few years. Without care, the house quickly began to deteriorate. These photos were taken in 2016.

About the 8th year after it was built, no one had any hope of restoring this ancient city's film and television scenic spot. It was completely demolished and turned into ruins, with only the pyramid base in the middle of the ancient village. The platform is still preserved. By comparing the satellite images of today and those of previous years, we can discover the glory and desolation of this huge ancient village scenic spot in the past.

People who go there now can no longer imagine that there once appeared in this valley an area of ??more than 80 acres with fantastic and picturesque scenery and 30 pyramid-shaped thatched houses. , an 800-meter-long city wall, and a scenic spot with a huge altar building existed here. The style of "Taikoo Shing" can only continue to be passed down through film and television works and these photos and images.

This is a story that witnesses the demise of a Chinese-style film and television themed scenic spot. I only hope that there are fewer such stories, the better. However, in fact, this kind of story often happens in many places, especially in poor areas in China. The deeper stories are more intriguing, and there is a long way to go to approve and rectify inferior scenic spots.