What is the name of the shipwreck in the Southern Song Dynasty?

The shipwreck in the Southern Song Dynasty was called Nanhai No.1. ..

The shipwreck site of "Nanhai No.1" in Song Dynasty is the site where a merchant ship sank on the route of Maritime Silk Road in Song Dynasty. After salvaging, it plays an important role in studying the commercial development of the Song Dynasty and the Maritime Silk Road.

Nanhai No.1 is an ancient wooden sunken ship with the characteristics of Quanzhou, Fujian in the Southern Song Dynasty. It sank about 20 nautical miles south of Dongping Port in Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province, and was the largest Song Dynasty ship found. 1987 was found in Yangjiang, Guangdong. Experts speculated from the bow position that the ancient ship set off from China for overseas trade in Southeast Asia or the Middle East.

Surprisingly, the hull of this ancient ship, which sank to the bottom of the sea for nearly a thousand years, is quite well preserved, and the wood of the hull is still as hard as new. The appearance of this sunken ship provides the most typical specimen for studying the scientific law of ancient shipbuilding technology, navigation technology and long-term preservation of wooden cultural relics in China.

At the same time, it will also provide extremely precious physical materials for restoring the history of the Maritime Silk Road and ceramics, and even obtain information that cannot be provided by literature and land archaeology. Judging from the excavated cultural relics, the original port of this ship can definitely be Quanzhou, Fujian.

Detection situation

Nanhai No.1, a shipwreck in the Southern Song Dynasty, was discovered 20 years ago. For various reasons, it always lies on the bottom of the sea without too much interference. Today, after more than 800 years of sinking, it was finally "lifted" out of the sea. What is indistinguishable is that the press conference held yesterday turned into a tourism promotion meeting.

The director of tourism plays the leading role, and a lot of information given to reporters is to promote tourism. The history of sunken ships changed at the moment of water. After years of exploration, some characteristics of Nanhai No.1 have been preliminarily mastered, such as the size of the hull, the main cargo is porcelain and iron, it is buried deep under the sea mud, and the hull structure is intact except the deck, and so on.

In addition, the significance based on these characteristics has been repeatedly created and reiterated. For example, it can provide precious objects for the study of the Maritime Silk Road and enrich the history of navigation and trade. Under these unreasonable interpretations, "Nanhai No.1" has already evolved into a cultural symbol, and the excavation of "Nanhai No.1" immediately became a cultural event.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Nanhai No.1