Houtouwan () is an abandoned fishing village on the northern side of Shengshan Island (), one of the

Shengsi Islands The Shengsi Islands or Archipelago () are part of the Zhoushan Archipelago and located south of the mouth of the Yangtze (east of Hangzhou Bay). They comprise 394 islands, each with an area larger than , but of which just 18 are inhabitable. The ...

, a chain of 400 islands located east of

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

, China. The village was once home to more than 2,000 fishermen, but was almost completely abandoned in the early 1990s due to problems with education and food delivery. Since its abandonment, the once-bustling village has been overtaken by greenery. Today the village is home to only a handful of people, but is a popular tourist attraction.

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