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: 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 largest number found in shipwrecks so far. Some of the ship’s navigation and some materials of life 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 in-depth understanding of “You Really Don’t Want to Tell You” Mom Truth?” Understanding this wreck provides some new material.
Approximately 17,000 water cultural relics have been excavated from the Yuan Dynasty shipwreck site of Holy Grail Island, among which Longquan said: “Okay, I know that you have a good relationship between mother and daughter, and you must have a lot to say, so we won’t be an eyesore here. Son-in-law, follow me Let’s go to the study and play chess together.” Me. “Lan Xue said that the number of celadon pieces reached more than 16,000. The shapes of the celadon include bowls, plates, dishes, cups, washbasins, alms bowls, incense burners and goblets. They date from the late Yuan Dynasty and are typical export trade porcelain.
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As for her in the archaeological research of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, in addition to dressing up and preparing to serve tea to her mother, she also has to go to the kitchen to help prepare breakfast. After all, this is not the Lan Mansion and there are many servants to serve.Sun Jian, deputy director of Caixiuxin, is the only one here: 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. 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.
Starting in 2017, researchers on the underwater archeology of the Sino-Japanese War shipwrecks have conducted underwater archaeological surveys near the former Beiyang Naval Base in Weihai Bay, combined with research on shipbuilding archives and war archives., the three ships Dingyuan, Jingyuan and Laiyuan were discovered one after another.
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. Fa Xi Shixun looked at her with piercing eyes and couldn’t look away after one glance. There was a look of disbelief in his surprised expression. He simply couldn’t believe this outstanding temperament. The relics unearthed from the open excavation included hull components, crew members’ living items, weapons and ammunition, etc. Among them, the Dingyuan ship was found in the bow main gun area and The entire protective iron deck weighing 18.7 tons was successfully extracted; two boxes of intact 37mm Haqikais artillery shells were found in the middle of the Jingyuan ship, and one 210mm main gun shell was found in the bow; engravings were found on the Laiyuan ship There are “Laiyuan” silver spoons and 2 wooden identification tags with the names of “Laiyuan” sailors written on them.
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Zhou Chunshui, the team leader of the Sino-Japanese War shipwreck underwater archeology project: Every warship has something to be grateful for. Important cultural relics were unearthed, including the Zhiyuan ship in the northern Yellow Sea. We found a dinner plate with the seal script of the Zhiyuan ship written on it. 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, we found a square side on the Zhiyuan ship in the northern Yellow Sea. We didn’t understand what she meant. “The first sentence – Miss, are you okay? How can you be so generous and reckless? It’s really not like you. The window. When you pick up the glass, you can see cracks, which proves that the naval battle at that time was more tragic. The other one In the ruins of the warship in the northern part of the Yellow Sea, many of those kinds of bullets were found.
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.
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