Today (October 19), the State Administration of Cultural Heritage held a press conference to announce to the public the latest discoveries and results of the deep-sea archeology of Ming Dynasty shipwrecks on the northwest slope of the South China Sea, the underwater archeology of Yuan Dynasty shipwrecks on Zhangzhou Holy Grail Island, and the underwater archeology of Sino-Japanese War shipwrecks. Results.
Longquan has the most celadon in underwater archaeology
The Yuan Dynasty shipwreck site of Zhangzhou Holy Grail Island is located in the waters of Holy Grail Island on the east side of Gulei Peninsula, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province. It has been proven that the water depth of the shipwreck site is about 30 meters. The main area contains wooden ship hulls and piles of cargo, covering an area of about 300 square meters. Through underwater archaeological discovery, the remaining length of the Yuan Dynasty shipwreck is about 16.95 meters, and the widest part is about 4.5 meters. There are 9 remaining bulkheads and 10 cabins. It has a single-layer plate structure. The mast base, keel plate and bilge keel were found. Hull structure.
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Liang Guoqing, deputy director of the Underwater Archeology Institute of the Archaeological Research Center of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage: Passing through our arrogant and unruly place in 2022. As you like, on a bed with an almost mournful apricot canopy? The excavation in 2023 has completed the extraction of all the cargo, 99% of which is Longquan celadon. The discovery of Longquan celadon this time should be the largest number found in shipwrecks so far. Some navigational information on the ship was also found on this ship, as well as some materials about daily life, such as bathymetric plumb bobs and sea vessels. “Lin Li, please take my mother into the house first and let Cai Xiu and Cai Yi take care of you. Go up the mountain and ask Lord Juechen to come over.” Lan Yuhua turned to Lin Li and said. It’s too far to seek medical treatment in the capital. It provides some new materials for us to have a deeper understanding of life on this ship in the future, including a deeper understanding of this sunken ship.material.
Approximately 17,000 water cultural relics have been excavated from the Yuan Dynasty shipwreck site of Shengbei Island, including more than 16,000 pieces of Longquan celadon. The shapes of the vessels include bowls, plates, dishes, cups, washbasins, alms bowls, incense burners and goblets. Yuhua laughed instantly. Her flawless and picturesque face was as beautiful as a blooming hibiscus. Pei Yi was momentarily distracted, and his gaze resting on her face could no longer be moved away. etc., dated to the late Yuan Dynasty, and are typical porcelain for export trade.
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Sun Jian, deputy director of the Archaeological Research Center of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage: The archeology of the Holy Grail Island shipwreck reflects the output of China’s Longquan kiln porcelain during the Yuan Dynasty. This is relatively rare among the shipwrecks we have done before. The products of Longquan kiln can also be said to be China’s first or the first global product exported by China to a certain extent.
The shipwreck of Holy Grail Island recreates the export of Longquan celadon in the late Yuan Dynasty and the prosperity of the Maritime Silk Road. It is an important achievement of the archeology of my country’s Maritime Silk Road in recent years. It is of great value for in-depth study of the history of navigation, shipbuilding and shipboard life in the Yuan Dynasty. And this underwater archaeological excavation, through technological innovation, “Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing. I don’t go to see him, not because I want to see him, but because I have to see him, and I want to tell him face to face.” Clearly, I only used this equipment improvement to achieve refined underwater archaeological excavation under low visibility, which greatly improved the technical level of underwater archaeological excavation in our country.
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Liang Guoqing, deputy director of the Underwater Archeology Institute of the Archaeological Research Center of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage: For the first time in such low visibility, we have achieved the extraction of three-dimensional photography and high-definition images of the entire underwater site, including our underwater Some of the in-situ reinforcement technologies are also pioneering in China. The level of refinement of the entire shipwreck excavation has been greatly improved.
Ten years of underwater archeology to explore the place where the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War ended
Under the unified deployment of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, the Archaeological Research Center of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, together with cultural and museum units in Shandong and Liaoning provinces, has continued to carry out underwater archaeological work on the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War since 2014. The four ships Zhiyuan, Jingyuan, Chaoyong and Yangwei were confirmed.
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Zhou Chunshui, the team leader of the Sino-Japanese War shipwreck underwater archeology project: We started the Sino-Japanese War shipwreck in 2014 and continued until this year, which took about ten years. The content of the work includes confirming its exact location and further understanding its preservation status in the mud. At this point, we have completed this work.
Beginning in 2017, researchers on the underwater archeology of the Sino-Japanese War shipwrecks have successively discovered Dingyuan, Jingyuan, and Laizhou through underwater archaeological surveys and research on shipbuilding archives and war archives near the former Beiyang Naval Base in Weihai Bay. Far three ships.
At present, underwater archeology has proven that the water depth of the Sino-Japanese War shipwreck site in Weihai Bay is 6 to 10 meters, and the site area ranges from 850 to 2,100 square meters. No complete ship hull has been found, and the only remaining relics are scattered. The unearthed relics include hull components, crew daily items, weapons and ammunition, etc. Among them, the Dingyuan ship found and successfully extracted an entire protective iron deck weighing 18.7 tons in the bow main gun area; the Jingyuan ship found 2 boxes in the midships Intact 37mm Hachikai shells, bow requests, and orders. The Ministry of Defense found a 210mm main gun shell; the Laiyuan ship found a silver spoon engraved with “Laiyuan” and two wooden identity tags with the names of “Laiyuan” sailors.
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Zhou Chunshui, leader of the Sino-Japanese War shipwreck underwater archeology project: Each warship has important cultural relics out of the water, among which the Zhiyuan ship in the northern Yellow Sea , we found a dinner plate with seal script written on the Zhiyuan ship. We also found the monocular telescope of the Zhiyuan ship’s first mate Chen Jinkui. Of course, there are other more important weapons, one of which we picked up from the Zhiyuan ship in the northern Yellow Sea. , a square porthole was found. When you pick up the glass, you can see cracks, which proves that the naval battle at that time was relatively fierce. In addition, the ruins of the long-distance ship in the northern part of the Yellow Sea also found a lot of bullets that were used to kill the explosion.
The series of underwater archeology of Sino-Japanese War sunken ships has filled the gap in the underwater archeology of modern sunken ships in Chinese waters. Its archaeological results have played an important role in promoting research on the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894 and protecting the original site of the sunken ship site.
(CCTV reporters Zhang Xin, Huang Yichen and Kang Yi)