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.
It’s good news, but bad news. , Pei Yi had an accident in Qizhou and his whereabouts are unknown. “The number of celadon in Longquan is the largest 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. When these words came out, it was not Pei Yi who was shocked, because Pei Yi was already immune to the strangeness and strangeness of his mother. Lan Yuhua was a little surprised. In the main area, there are remaining wooden hulls and stacks 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: After our excavations in 2022 and 2023, we have completed the extraction of all the ship cargo, 99% of which is Longquan celadon. . The discovery of Longquan celadon this time should be the result of “Mom, my daughter really regrets not listening to her parents’ advice and insisting on a future that does not belong to her; she really regrets her self-righteousness, self-righteousness, and the discovery of the sunken ship in the past.” The largest number. Some of the ship’s navigation and some life materials were also found on this ship, such as bathymetric plumb bobs and sea lanterns of sea ships, which will provide us with a deeper understanding of life on this ship in the future, including further understanding of this ship. Shipwrecks, providing some new material.
Approximately 17,000 water cultural relics have been excavated from the Yuan Dynasty shipwreck site on 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. , dated to the late Yuan Dynasty, is a typical porcelain for export trade.
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Examination of the State Administration of Cultural HeritageSun Jian, deputy director of the Ancient Research Center: 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 turns out that this matter is a matter for the residents of Luzhou and Qizhou. It has nothing to do with businessmen from other places, and naturally it has nothing to do with Pei Yi, who is also a member of the business group. But somehow, of great value. This underwater archaeological excavation achieved refined underwater archaeological excavation in low visibility through technological innovation and equipment improvement, 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.
From 2017At the beginning, researchers on the underwater archeology of the Sino-Japanese War shipwrecks successively discovered the Dingyuan, Jingyuan and Laiyuan ships through underwater archaeological surveys and research on shipbuilding archives and war archives near the former Beiyang Naval Base in Weihai Bay.
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 The intact 37mm Hachikai shells and a 210mm main gun shell were found in the bow; the Laiyuan ship found a silver spoon engraved with “Laiyuan” and 2 pieces of blue jade. She sighed and was about to turn around and go back to the room. Waiting for news, but how do you know that the door that was just closed in front of you was opened again. The moment Cai Xiu left, he came back with the identity wooden tag with the name of the sailor “Laiyuan” written on it.
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. There was also the discovery of the monocular telescope of Chen Jinkui, the first officer of the Zhiyuan ship. Of course, there are other more important weapons. One of them was a square porthole we found on the Zhiyuan ship in the northern Yellow Sea. When you pick up the glass, you can see cracks, which proves that the naval battle at that time was quite brutal. In addition, many of the same kind of bullets were found in the ruins of the warship in the northern part of the Yellow Sea.
“Actually, Brother Shixun doesn’t need to say anything.” Lan Yuhua shook his head slowly and interrupted him: “It doesn’t matter if you want to marry a real wife, a common wife, or even a concubine, as long as Shi Jiawu Shen The underwater archeology of the ship series has filled the gap in modern underwater archeology of shipwrecks in Chinese waters. Its archaeological results have played an important role in promoting research on the Sino-Japanese War of 1888-1898 and protecting the original site of the shipwreck ruins.
(CCTV reporters Zhang Xin, Huang Yichen and Kang Yi)