Ancient rock carvings give way as flooding hits park
By China Daily | China Daily | Updated: 2016-08-25 08:20
About 1,500 rock carvings at Helan Mountain in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region have washed away since Sunday in rare flooding caused by heavy rainfall in the region.
Losses at the Helan Mountain Rock Paintings Conservation Park were estimated to be 50 million yuan ($7.5 million), Yinchuan Evening News reported.
The park's staff members are sparing no efforts in searching for the rocks in nearby water, the report said.
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