The Black Water City, which is often mentioned in various literary and artistic works, is far more famous than the ruins deep in the desert in reality. Many novels and movies set Black Water City as the place where the main story takes place, such as ghost blowing lights and so on. Fictional swords and shadows, legends and stories, together with unknown treasures, have shaped the Black Water City into a mysterious and hopeful place. But in reality, although there are many treasures in the Black Water City, it is not the treasure we have always imagined, but a precious cultural relic that records the ancient Xixia civilization. At the most prosperous time of Xixia, Black Water City was not only a military fortress, but also a very prosperous city. In the city, there are residential workshops and other building facilities everywhere, and the whole city exudes a strong economic and cultural atmosphere.
However, when the Qing Dynasty declined, the Black Water City was devastated. At the beginning of 20th century, Russian explorer kozlov and his expedition discovered the mysterious site "Black City". The expedition only stayed at the site for a short time because of resource problems, but in the following twenty years, kozlov returned to the site many times and secretly carried away a large number of precious cultural relics in batches. But China, the real owner of these treasures, has no time to take care of the theft and plunder of historical civilization because he is going through a turbulent period.
Xixia is a very short but mysterious dynasty. Although we are not deeply impressed by it, there are still many stories and cultural legends handed down. The ruins of the Black Water City still stand in the desert, and the Xixia characters buried for hundreds of years are gradually emerging from the sand and fading away from mystery, becoming a key to interpret the Xixia Dynasty.