finally clicked this is just one of those restaurants that offsets your dinner table height so it looks like it’s submerged in the surrounding koi pond so they charge you 100x for white rice
Temple in the water. Longxing Temple龙兴寺, Chengdu.
Longxing Temple (built in 337 AD) was originally founded as a sacred sanctuary to enshrine Buddha’s relics.
Today, it is reborn thanks to modern urban design that surrounds it with scenic waterways and a sunken historic street.
To prevent flooding, the site uses an advanced "Sponge City" concept alongside a hidden drainage network. Its large green spaces and sunken pavilions absorb and store rainwater, keeping the water at a perfectly safe level. 🪷✨