As the only maritime event of this year's Hangzhou Asian Games, the sailing competition ended at Ningbo Xiangshan Asian Sailing Center on September 27, and the Chinese team won a total of 6 golds and 2 silvers, ranking first in the medal table.
This Asian Games, sailing in Ningbo, can be said to let history shine into the present. The archaeology of the Hemudu site proves that the ancestors of Ningbo knew how to use wood as a boat and wood as a boat and wood as a maple more than 7,000 years ago, and began to sail on the water; As a "living fossil" of China's ancient "Maritime Silk Road", the ancient port of Ningbo, which connects the world, is lined with sails and ships... Before the rise of the steam engine, the way Ningbo people were born to the sea to talk to the sea was sailing.
(Three-masted wooden sailing ship standing tall in the pavilion)
In the Zhejiang Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum, which opened on August 29, a three-masted wooden sailing ship 22 meters long, 5.5 meters wide and 13.5 meters high occupies a prominent position in the exhibition area on the first floor. Because the bow resembles a bird's head and has a green curved eyebrow above the eye, this boat type called "green eyebrow" (also known as "bird boat") has been widely circulated in Zhejiang waters and is a classic ship type in Zhejiang ship. It first appeared in the Song Dynasty and was widely used in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and was one of the "four famous ships" (Fu ship, Guangzhou ship, bird ship and sand boat) in ancient China, and once accompanied Zheng He to the Western Ocean seven times, visiting more than 30 countries and regions in Asia and Africa.
("Green Eyebrows" small ship model)
"Fishermen should go out to sea happily and return safely, and the thrush has an auspicious meaning, so the bulwarks above the eyes of the boat are often painted bright green." According to the staff, its construction process contains a lot of artistic connotation and folk traditions, and has strong Wuyue marine cultural characteristics. "Green eyebrows" have painted dragons, phoenixes, fish and other patterns on the bow, side and ster, with the meanings of "dragon and phoenix presentation", "fish every year" and "full load". To some extent, the carving and painting techniques of various parts of the ship also fully reflect the development level of local folk culture and handicraft technology.
The nearly 10-meter-high mainsail is still quite impressive up close, and the neck has to be raised almost 90 degrees to see it in full view. "Green Eyebrows" has two floors of cabins, which can separate more than a dozen working and living cabins of different sizes, providing the daily life needs of the crew. For example, two large cargo compartments under the glass partition, before departure, one filled with ice or salt, sealed with a sack, and the other used to hold the caught fish, can greatly increase the shelf life, equivalent to a natural refrigerator.
With the development of shipping, sailing ships are rarely seen in the field of fishery production, but as a sport, it has become a medium for international sports exchange.
(Ningbo Beilun Third Container Terminal on September 27)
"Hong Kong connects the world" is the pride of Ningbo since ancient times. In September 2015, the merger of Ningbo Port and Zhoushan Port was completed, and the name of Ningbo Port Group was changed to Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group, becoming the port with the largest number of super-large ships entering and leaving in China. Ningbo Zhoushan Port is close to the world's busiest international main waterway in the Pacific Ocean, with more than 300 container routes connecting more than 600 ports in more than 200 countries and regions, making it one of the world's most important shipping ports. In 2022, Ningbo Zhoushan Port completed a cargo throughput of 1.261 billion tons, ranking first in the world for 14 consecutive years.
With the opportunity of the Asian Games sailing competition, people who love the sea gathered in Ningbo, an international harbor, and "Hong Kong to the world" is not only about trade and goods.
(Ningbo Beilun Third Container Terminal on September 27)