In the past few decades, China has developed rapidly. Both big cities and small counties have changed with each passing day, and its overall appearance is quite different from that of 1980s and 1990s 30 or 40 years ago. But when we want to find some memories of the past, or show the faces of the new generation of young people, we find that some past scenes can only be seen in film and television works or old photos.

However, in Fugong County, Nujiang Prefecture, Yunnan Province, there is a place that, for special reasons, has completely preserved the true county appearance in the 1980s. This place is Zhiziluo, once the seat of the state capital of Nujiang and once the seat of Bijiang County. Today, it is just a small mountain village, a little-known mountain village, but it is the most special village in China.

Nujiang River is located in the depths of Hengduan Mountains, and the traffic is extremely inconvenient. In ancient times when there were no roads and no cars, people around exchanged needed goods through the ancient tea-horse road. The seat of Zhiziluo is an important post station and market of the ancient tea-horse road. From Dali, an important town in the southwest, to Myanmar, you have to cross Robbie Snow Mountain and enter Myanmar from Gaoligong Mountain via Zhiluo. So today, this seemingly dilapidated village was a very lively and noisy place in ancient times.

Of course, such excitement and noise have continued into modern times. 19 12, the local government of Yunnan, considering the important position of Zhiziluo, sent border guards to settle here and set up Zhiziluo border defense office. 19 16 was changed to the office of Zhiziluo Management Committee, and 1932 was changed to Bijiang Administration. After the founding of New China, Bijiang County People's Government was established here. 1954, the Lisu Autonomous Region of Nujiang was established, and the state capital of Nujiang is located here. Zhiziluo once became the most prosperous political and economic center in Nujiang Prefecture.

1962 The first expressway in Nujiang Prefecture was opened to traffic from Baoshan Wayao to Bijiang Highway, 1973 Bijiang to Fugong Highway was opened to traffic, and Nujiang Prefecture officially entered the expressway era. The ancient tea-horse road also began to gradually withdraw from history. Once the main traffic artery fell off, but now it has become an inconvenient place, hanging alone on the ridge of Robbie Snow Mountain at an altitude of 2023 meters. So in 1974, the government of Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture moved from Zhiziluo to Liuku Town, Lushui County. However, although it was no longer the seat of the state capital, Zhiziluo at that time was still the seat of Bijiang County.

From September of 1979 to September of 10, Bijiang County suffered from continuous rainstorm, which caused the biggest flood in 60 years. There are many landslides and cracks in the county, the longest crack reaches 50 meters, and the ground subsidence exceeds 1 meter. 1983, after a small landslide occurred in the eastern part of the county, Zhiziluo's views on the huge landslide mountain were rampant, so he planned the relocation plan of Bijiang County.

1September, 1986, with the approval of the State Council, Bijiang County was abolished and moved to Bijiang County. Denggu District and Robben District belonging to Bijiang County are under the jurisdiction of Lushui County, while Jiazi District, Zilijia District and Pihe District belonging to Bijiang County are under the jurisdiction of Fugong County.

Zhiziluo walked all the way from the state capital to the county seat, directly turned into a village and withdrew from the historical stage.

When the relocation of the county town was cancelled, many residential buildings around it were demolished after people left the building empty, but some organs, administrative departments and other buildings on the main road of the county town were well preserved. So today, when we visit Zhiluo again, we can see a real face of the county town in the 1980s. So today is also called "City of Memory-Ghost Town Knowing Children".

Today, there are still nearly 300 villagers living in this village. It is said that when they moved, they could choose to move with the county or stay here to continue their lives. Many people choose to stay because their homeland cannot be moved. This has also caused a very unique phenomenon-many villagers in Zhiziluo Village are urban hukou. You know, in those days, the issue of household registration was still very important. They used to be citizens, but suddenly the city turned into the countryside, so they became "city people" living in the countryside, which was embarrassing.

As soon as you enter Zhiziluo, you can see a landmark building-Nu Museum, which used to be Bijiang County Library. This library was built in February of 1986. It was designed and built by a construction team specially invited from Dali. It should be a landmark building and activity center in the county. However, by the end of the year of completion, Bijiang County no longer existed, and it was not long before the overall relocation was completed in the second year. The completed monument on the wall has also become an alternative memorial, bearing in mind a little-known history.

Then 1983 began to plan the relocation. 1986 why are new buildings completed? According to rumors, the county is not really planning to relocate, and the devastating landslide is only deliberately emphasized for the construction and renovation funds. Unexpectedly, it was self-defeating in the end, which directly led to the revocation of Bijiang County.

But in any case, Zhiziluo, as an important post station of the ancient tea-horse road, will eventually enter history with the ancient tea-horse road. With the continuous construction and development of Nujiang Highway, Zhiziluo, located halfway up the mountain, has long been unable to undertake the heavy responsibility of the county. Therefore, whether there is landslide or not, the relocation of Bijiang County is inevitable.

Today, this devastating relocation has left us with some precious cultural relics that can reproduce the appearance of the 1980s, although many old houses were used by some villagers as utility rooms or chicken houses and duck houses. However, there are also buildings like Bijiang Library, which have become key protected cultural relics and have been protected.

What we see here is the real face of the 1980s, which has not been transformed and reconstructed with current thinking and technology.

It is rumored that a group has contracted Zhiziluo to build it into a tourism and film base. In this case, the ghost town may have to glow with new vitality. In the future, it may become a "city of memory-knowing children in scenic spots".