The abandoned fishing village lost to nature

The abandoned fishing village in Shengsi, an archipelago of almost 400 islands at the mouth of China’s Yangtze river, holds a secret shrouded in time. These photos by Jane Qing, a creative photographer based in Shanghai, depict the lost village being taken over by the nature it once dominated.

Once a thriving settlement merely half a century ago, Houtou Wan Village was gradually deserted when the small bay could no longer meet the needs of the increasing number of those wanting to lead the life of a fisherman.

Over the past few decades, the nature that once surrounded the land has begun to encroach upon it, and slowly but surely the town has become uninhabited, save for a few lowly tourists and a handful of elderly residents who refuse to abandon their place of birth.