写真素材 - In 1972, Lop Nur, the source of life in the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, completely dried up and turned into a salt crust. The descendants of the local Mongolians, the Lop people, were forced to migrate to the Tarim River because their ancestors were fishermen for generations. They excavated a huge water surface at the gate and introduced the water from the Tarim River to raise fish.
In 1972, Lop Nur, the source of life in the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang, completely dried up and turned into a salt crust. The descendants of the local Mongolians, the Lop people, were forced to migrate to the Tarim River because their ancestors were fishermen for generations. They excavated a huge water surface at the gate and introduced the water from the Tarim River to raise fish.