Some time ago, there was a TV series called "Daming Fenghua" that caused heated discussion among the audience, not only because the actors of this drama were particularly wonderful, but because this work made everyone recall the glory of the Ming Dynasty.
Looking back at the glory of the Ming Dynasty, the most impressive estimate is that Zheng He went to the West, which was famous overseas. The reason why Zheng He chose to go to the West was mainly because the Ming Dynasty's national strength was strong at that time, it was the peak period, and in order to make the Ming Dynasty's reputation greater and let overseas countries know, there was a Zheng He incident in the West. Zheng He accompanied the big ship to more than 30 countries and established peaceful and friendly relations with each country. Before europeans discovered the continent, it was the first large-scale voyage in history. However, it is precisely because of the grandeur of this matter that many Westerners have begun to question the authenticity of Zheng He's voyage to the West, including a Chinese doctor.
In ancient times, the countries that traveled were not only the Ming Dynasty, portugal and Spain had a history of voyages. One voice of doubt came from a Chinese Ph.D., who had raised it while lecturing at a university in China. The Chinese Ph.D., whose name is Lin Yanping, once received a Ph.D. from the Polytechnic Department of McGill University in Canada, and wrote a book called "The Brilliant Starry Sky Above Our Heads." Lin Yanping believes that Zheng He's voyage to the West is likely just a deception of the Ming Dynasty, and it is very likely that the Ming Dynasty is a lie in order to falsely publicize the national strength.
Lin Yanping is a science student, why would he question the authenticity of the field of history? His point of doubt mainly comes from the description of Zheng He's ship structure in the "History of Ming", because history records that Zheng He's ship structure is very large, with a length of 140 meters, a width of 57 meters, and a displacement of more than 30,000 tons, and its overall structure can almost reach the current small aircraft carrier, because he is a science student, so he deeply understands that such a structure is impossible to achieve, so he questions the authenticity of Zheng He's voyage to the West from this information.
Breaking this doubt was also a student who was in class at this time, who, after listening to the teacher's questioning, directly asked him: Why is there a SampoGong temple built by locals in Indonesia now, and in some islands in eastern Africa, there are still many stories about Zheng He by locals. The Ming Dynasty could not have joined forces with so many countries to lie together for the sake of false propaganda of national strength, Lin Yanping was speechless after hearing the student's rhetorical question, and could only end up in embarrassment. The Doctor reasoned entirely according to the size of the ship he said, and we cannot deny it, but in ancient times there were indeed many techniques that we cannot explain now.