A submerged ancient village appeared after a reservoir dried up due to drought in eastern China.

The drone video, filmed in the city of Ningbo in Zhejiang Province on February 28, shows the 120,000,000-cubic-metre Jiaokou Reservoir drying up, revealing the stone foundation of an ancient villager's houses which was submerged 50 years ago.

People in Dajiao Ancient Village were relocated to a nearby area after local authorities built up a dam as a flood defence, which also created a reservoir over the village site.

According to local villagers, the current drought was the worst one since the reservoir was built.

自去年11月份以来至今2月28日，作为宁波生活用水的一大水缸“皎口水库”水位持续下降，干旱见底，达到历史最低位。

宁波降雨严重偏少，供水形势日趋严峻，市防汛抗旱指挥部启动抗旱Ⅳ级应急响应。为缓解宁波城区供水紧张状况，区域工厂已采取暂停供水，全市主要供水水源实行统一调度，控制宁波城区供用水总量。市自来水有限公司供水量控制在125万吨/日以内；大榭、小港等转供水区域的日用水量控制在上月日均的80%以内。市政环卫、园林绿化、景观用水禁止使用自来水，利用再生水或河网水替代。

了解到：皎口水库是一座国家级饮用水资源水库，总库容达1.2亿立方米。干旱见底至以50年前淹没在水中的大皎村古村遗址也重见天日，航拍中可以看到大皎古村遗址的地基大面积的显露了出来。

大皎古村可以穿梭到北宋，有着近千年历史，上世纪战争时期被烧毁，而后又重建家园，到了上世纪七十年代初，由于洪涝等原因，有关部门建起了大坝，同时也修建了整条皎口水库，修建需要，大皎古村村民集体搬迁至周边，至此村落也就淹没在水库中，五十年后的今天又重见天日。当地村民说：目前是水库建成以来干旱最严重的一次。