From ancient times to the present, water transport has a pivotal role, in ancient times the transportation conditions are limited, goods exchanges are often dependent on water transport, water transport whether it is speed or volume is manpower or horse-drawn carriage can not be compared, so the economic center is generally a grand situation of hundreds of boats competing for the current. In modern times, although the speed of water transport is no longer dominant, but tens of thousands of tons or even hundreds of thousands of tons of giant ships still have an amazing volume, not to mention that water transport also affects transportation, military and other aspects, and when it comes to water transport, it is inseparable from a location, which is the port.
The so-called "port", that is, the assembly point and hub of land and water transportation, it is located along the coast of rivers, lakes and seas or reservoirs, although there are many classifications or levels, but here generally have the basic functions of berthing ships, loading and unloading goods or loading and unloading passengers and resupplying, etc. From the previous natural port to the current artificial modern port, it can be said that it comes with water transport all the way, but it seems that people do not know much about it, but in Ningbo, Zhejiang, a museum was built specifically for the port. This is the China Port Museum in Beilun District.
Ningbo is a port city, in ancient times it was one of the southern end of China's Grand Canal outlet, but also one of the "Maritime Silk Road" oriental departure ports, and in modern times, it is also one of the important port cities on the southeast coast of China, so it is not surprising that there is such a special museum here. Although in Ningbo, it is a "national brand" museum, it is already the highest level museum in the same category, covering an area of 78 acres is also the largest museum in the same category, from the completion and opening of the museum in mid-October 2014, to the fourth batch of national first-class museums in 2020, the China Port Museum can be said to have its own historical significance and value.
The museum is located at No. 6 Gangbo Road, Chunxiao Street, except for a few venues, most of the exhibition areas do not charge tickets, but now in special periods, you need to prepare a double code of itinerary code and health code to enter. Just enter the museum, you can see that the hall has an electronic display screen, the entire museum's cultural relics are scrolling here, this is not a simple collection carousel, but an interactive experience area, like what cultural relics just need to be lightly clicked, you can get a magnified picture and related information introduction, you can also give your favorite cultural relics Like Oh!
The whole museum is divided into many thematic displays, such as the "Port to the World" Chinese port history exhibition with historical chronological order as the main line, the "Innovation Road" modern port knowledge exhibition introduced in accordance with the basic composition of the port, the main functions, infrastructure, important equipment, key technologies, support systems and other main contents of the background of contemporary port technology, and the "Hailu Land" Beilun Historical Site Exhibition that intercepts the major events that occurred in Beilun at various historical stages, etc. There are many cultural relics in it, which makes people feast their eyes.
And when it comes to China's navigation events, it is naturally inseparable from the Ming Dynasty Yongle, Xuande years of the sea voyage activities "Zheng He to the West", he placed more than thirty countries and regions along the way, is china's ancient history of the largest scale, the largest number of ships and seafarers, the longest time of the sea voyage, but also at the end of the 15th century of Europe's geographical discovery before the voyage, the world's largest series of maritime expeditions, in addition to the museum also has "underwater archaeology in China" special exhibition, this topic is more rare than simple introduction, Because there are ships under repair, the staff will spend months or even years to repair the salvaged shipwrecks, which is of great significance to the study of ancient history.
The entire China Port Museum not only provides an academic exchange platform for scholars at home and abroad to study the history of China's ports, but also provides visitors with a learning environment to understand the development process of China's ports and master port knowledge, but also serves as an important cultural fulcrum of the Maritime Silk Road in the new century, carrying the important concept of "One Belt and One Road", to this day, Shanghai Port, Shenzhen Port, Qingdao Port, Tianjin Port, Guangzhou Port, Tangshan Port and Ningbo Port in Ningbo, etc., these are large ports with a total throughput of more than 100 million tons, showing " China Power", so every visitor who walks into the China Port Museum traces and perceives the changes of China's ports in the museum, while firmly believing in the realization of the "Chinese Dream", do you still know what special thematic museums there are? Feel free to let me know in the comments!
Trip tip: The museum is closed on Mondays, of which the Port Science Exploration Museum and the Digital Ocean Experience Museum are only open on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, and the opening days are closed at 16:00 every day.
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