Up the Daning River, a tributary, people were picking their way through the ruins of Dachang, an ancient town reduced to rubble by state edict, and which will vanish beneath the waters this summer.

• 在上游的大宁河，人们在向为水坝工程被拆毁的古老小镇大昌做最后的道别，很快，小镇就要消失在水中。