From the south of The barrier, Xuwen, hepu boat line can be in May, there is the capital Yuanguo, and the boat line can be April, there is Yilu Wuguo; and the boat line can be more than twenty days, there are Chen leaving the country; walking can be more than ten days, there is The Fugandu Lu country. Since the Fugandulu state ship line can be more than two months, there are Yellow Branch Countries, folk customs are slightly similar to Zhu Jiao. Its state is vast, with many hukou and many foreign objects, all of which have been dedicated since Emperor Wu. ...... From the Yellow Branch boat line can be in August, to Pizong; the boat line can be in February, to The South of Japan, Xianglin Boundary Cloud. To the south of the Yellow Branch, there is no longer a country, and the translation of the Han Dynasty has since returned. - Book of Han, Geographical History
preface
Since ancient times, China has had a "Maritime Silk Road", which starts from China's southeast coast and extends to the Indian Peninsula, through which it opens up the passage of trade and cultural exchanges between ancient China and other countries in the world. The earliest trade route began to take shape from the Spring and Autumn Warring States period, and reached its peak in the Tang and Song dynasties, which is a very ancient route.
Accidental discovery of the "Nanhai No. 1" shipwreck
In the 80s of the last century, the British people wanted to find a shipwreck called the Rhineborough, after reading the data to analyze the shipwreck more than 200 years ago, the British was in the waters off Guangzhou because of an unexpected situation, so at that time the United Kingdom and China signed a contract, the two countries worked together to salvage the shipwreck.
The search for the shipwreck did not go well, and as the British funds for salvaging the wreck were about to run out, it was at this time that divers found some clues underwater. However, after the salvage, some celadon was dug up and mixed in the mud and sand, and a gold chain was found, and everyone was very happy, but from the salvaged things, this was not the Rhineborg that the British were looking for, and finally the British withdrew from the salvage work after consultation.
The excavations lasted for 30 years
After the discovery of the "Nanhai No. 1", the contents of this ship have been salvaged, and a large number of cultural relics have been excavated during the work, of which there are many porcelains alone, and many porcelains are very well preserved. And in addition to porcelain, the ship also found a lot of metal objects.
In one of the women's lacquered lacquer, archaeologists have excavated a lot of gold artifacts from here, many of which have gold pages with inscriptions, in addition to which archaeologists have found some very unique earrings, rings and heart-hollow jewelry. In addition to these exotic jewelry, a gilded bracelet with a dragon pattern is also very confusing to experts, after all, in ancient times, only the royal family could use the dragon pattern, and this discovery also added a mysterious color to the "South China Sea One".
Salvage costs 300 million on board with many treasures
In order to salvage and clean up this ancient shipwreck, in terms of manpower, material resources, financial resources are very large, in order to be able to salvage the shipwreck as a whole, just design the salvage program to do a lot, because there are many precious cultural relics on the ship, so in the salvage and protection of extra trouble.
It was not until 2007 that all the preparations were done that the decision was made to salvage the shipwreck, and after the efforts of experts, the "Nanhai No. 1" was finally salvaged from the seabed, and for the cultural relics that had been soaked in the sea for nearly a thousand years, they finally got the opportunity to see the light of day.
summary
In 2014, "Nanhai No. 1" met with you for the first time in the museum, this shipwreck from the Southern Song Dynasty still has many puzzles to solve, there are many cultural relics on the ship, but in the process of salvage, not a single body was found, and what was found from the shipwreck shows that the identity of the people on this ship is not ordinary, and there is no answer to these puzzles.
But what can be known is that although this ship has been waiting quietly in the sea for nearly a thousand years, it is very well preserved, and among the cultural relics that have been excavated, there are more than 80,000 treasures, in addition to porcelain, there are goldware, etc., which are very important for the study of Song Dynasty culture and the study of the "Maritime Silk Road". There are also some conjectures about the fact that the identity of the shipowner has been sunk, but everything will not be completely cleared up until a more complete and closer conclusion is true.
【References】Book of Han, Geographical History