The art of restoring ancient ships

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Resonance from the heart Moldovan artist Tudor Zbarnea has been exploring the history, tradition, culture and national character of his homeland, drawing inspiration from mythology and folk tales to illustrate aspects of humanity. The newly opened Zhoushan Art Museum adds to the city's cultural landscape, and pays tribute to its maritime history and spirit of embracing the challenge of life …

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Three Chinese items added to UNESCO heritage list

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A Chinese wooden arch bridge in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. ZHANG GUILAN/FOR CHINA DAILY Zhong Xiaobo, director of the Wenzhou Covered Bridge Culture Society in Zhejiang province, who has devoted over two decades to preserving wooden arch bridges, expressed immense excitement upon hearing the news. Built out of interlocking short beams with wooden sunmao joints to create an especially stable arch …

Zhejiang Qiang

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Three Chinese items added to UNESCO heritage list

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A Chinese wooden arch bridge in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. ZHANG GUILAN/FOR CHINA DAILY Zhong Xiaobo, director of the Wenzhou Covered Bridge Culture Society in Zhejiang province, who has devoted over two decades to preserving wooden arch bridges, expressed immense excitement upon hearing the news. Built out of interlocking short beams with wooden sunmao joints to create an especially stable arch …

Zhejiang Qiang

2 weeks, 4 days ago

Three Chinese items added to UNESCO heritage list

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A Chinese wooden arch bridge in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. ZHANG GUILAN/FOR CHINA DAILY Zhong Xiaobo, director of the Wenzhou Covered Bridge Culture Society in Zhejiang province, who has devoted over two decades to preserving wooden arch bridges, expressed immense excitement upon hearing the news. Built out of interlocking short beams with wooden sunmao joints to create an especially stable arch …

Zhejiang Qiang

Deep-sea research ship to sail soon

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By Zhao Lei | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-20 08:50 China's first deep-sea multi-functional scientific investigation and cultural relics archaeological ship Tansuo 3. The Tansuo 3, or Exploration 3, was jointly designed by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, China State Shipbuilding Corp's Guangzhou Shipyard International and other research entities. It can conduct …

China Research Ship Tansuo

Deep-sea research ship to sail soon

China Daily

By Zhao Lei | China Daily | Updated: 2024-11-20 08:50 China's first deep-sea multi-functional scientific investigation and cultural relics archaeological ship Tansuo 3. The Tansuo 3, or Exploration 3, was jointly designed by researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, China State Shipbuilding Corp's Guangzhou Shipyard International and other research entities. It can conduct …

China Research Ship

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Historical sites and artifacts impress foreign experts

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Participants of the "Exploring China" Henan Tour admire a bronze ware at Henan Museum in Zhengzhou city. More than 40 foreign experts in classical studies from 13 countries visited Henan's heritage sites, Longmen Grottoes and the Yinxu Museum, immersing themselves in the rich Chinese culture and civilization. "I'm excited to visit China for the first time, and I plan to …

History China Ancient Chinese Zhou Henan Zhengzhou

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Historical sites and artifacts impress foreign experts

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Participants of the "Exploring China" Henan Tour admire a bronze ware at Henan Museum in Zhengzhou city. More than 40 foreign experts in classical studies from 13 countries visited Henan's heritage sites, Longmen Grottoes and the Yinxu Museum, immersing themselves in the rich Chinese culture and civilization. "I'm excited to visit China for the first time, and I plan to …

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Historical sites and artifacts impress foreign experts

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Participants of the "Exploring China" Henan Tour admire a bronze ware at Henan Museum in Zhengzhou city. More than 40 foreign experts in classical studies from 13 countries visited Henan's heritage sites, Longmen Grottoes and the Yinxu Museum, immersing themselves in the rich Chinese culture and civilization. "I'm excited to visit China for the first time, and I plan to …

History China Ancient Chinese Visit Zhou Henan

Masterful Wood Carving: Unraveling the Secrets of Ancient Craftsmanship in Huizhou

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Traditional arts and crafts have left a stunning legacy of art in the Huizhou area, showcasing the intricate details and cultural significance of Chinese heritage. Master artisans like Kuai Zhenghua, a 62-year-old national-level intangible cultural heritage inheritor of Huizhou wood carving, meticulously restore ancient wood carvings, revealing stories of legendary rulers and historical figures through clues and observations. Their dedication …

Culture History Art Legacy Huizhou

2 months, 2 weeks ago

Archeologists make 5,000-year-old discovery while excavating an ancient burial site

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A 5,000-year-old discovery made at an ancient burial site in Northern China could finally reveal how Chinese civilizations formed. Archaeologists found three dragons among 100 jade relics at an ancient burial site in China The relics were found beneath a circular tomb at the Yuanbaoshan burial site The team determined that the Hongshan civilization may have exchanged artistic ideas with …

Culture China Burial Site Hongshan Northern Tomb Jade Relics

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Heritage provides blueprint for future

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Visitors collect seal stamps of 15 heritage sites on their "Beijing Central Axis passport" there. Ma Chi, general manager of Poly Culture Group's cultural communication digital technology center, introduces the digital display cabinet. A digital representation of an artifact is displayed on the screen and by simply tapping and dragging, visitors can rotate the object to view it from any …

Digital

3 months ago

Lixinsha Bridge navigation fully restored in Guangzhou

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Standard navigation for vessels passing through the Lixinsha Bridge waterway was restored on Tuesday after the emergency repair and anti-collision reinforcement project was completed in Guangzhou's Nansha district, Guangdong province. According to a statement released by the Guangzhou Maritime Safety Administration on Tuesday, the administration has made every effort to ensure the repair, reconstruction and reinforcement of the bridge piers …

Administration Bridge Guangzhou Navigation Fully Lixinsha Bridge

3 months ago

Sea reveals fate of heroes

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Exhibits include a sailor's sword from the Laiyuan armored cruiser, excavated off the coast of Weihai, Shandong province. "The building of the Beiyang Fleet was a crucial attempt to modernize," Jiang says, adding that archaeological research can help clarify what had previously been questioned. "The use of marine magnetometers has played an important role in locating shipwrecks," Jiang says. The …

Jiang Laiyuan Cruiser

3 months ago

Sea reveals fate of heroes

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A scene depicting underwater archaeology is re-created for the Bear in Mind the History exhibition. Coincidentally or not, on Sept 17,2020, the anniversary of the Battle of the Yalu River — a major naval engagement during the Sino-Japanese War — Jiang and his colleagues brought ashore an 18.7-metric-ton component of the Dingyuan, the ironclad flagship of the Beiyang Fleet during …

War Battle Shandong Jiang

3 months, 1 week ago

Great Wall restoration teams uncover trove of secrets

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Jinshanling, a Ming Dynasty section of the Great Wall in Hebei province. However, the stone grenades being stashed away in several watchtowers within a short section of the Badaling Great Wall suggests that they were likely commonly equipped along the entire length of the Great Wall, he adds. Shang is among several archaeologists and cultural heritage preservationists from across the …

Great Wall

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Wang Jinyu

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For around four decades, a desk lamp, a plate of adhesive paste, and a brush have constituted the basic equipment of Wang Jinyu's daily work. Wang, 59, is an ancient book restorer at the Tianyige Museum in the city of Ningbo, in east China's Zhejiang Province. The museum offers nearly 300 types of paper of different colors, thicknesses and textures, …

Wang Tianyige

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Keeping the past in sight for the future

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Restoration funds give new lease of life to historical structures, Zheng Caixiong reports in Guangzhou. With no small amount of pride and with obvious delight, the staff member of the Nanlang subdistrict cultural service center in Zhongshan city, Guangdong province, these days happily introduces the historical arch to visitors. Due to the erosion of time, the green brick wall surface …

Maintenance Guangdong Arch

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Keeping the past in sight for the future

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Restoration funds give new lease of life to historical structures, Zheng Caixiong reports in Guangzhou. With no small amount of pride and with obvious delight, the staff member of the Nanlang subdistrict cultural service center in Zhongshan city, Guangdong province, these days happily introduces the historical arch to visitors. Due to the erosion of time, the green brick wall surface …

Maintenance Guangdong Arch

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Keeping the past in sight for the future

China Daily

Restoration funds give new lease of life to historical structures, Zheng Caixiong reports in Guangzhou. With no small amount of pride and with obvious delight, the staff member of the Nanlang subdistrict cultural service center in Zhongshan city, Guangdong province, these days happily introduces the historical arch to visitors. Due to the erosion of time, the green brick wall surface …

Maintenance Guangdong Arch

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Keeping the past in sight for the future

China Daily

Restoration funds give new lease of life to historical structures, Zheng Caixiong reports in Guangzhou. With no small amount of pride and with obvious delight, the staff member of the Nanlang subdistrict cultural service center in Zhongshan city, Guangdong province, these days happily introduces the historical arch to visitors. Due to the erosion of time, the green brick wall surface …

Maintenance Guangdong Arch

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Brushing history back to life

China Daily

CHINA DAILY "While many people appreciate my art, these small works don't pose significant technical challenges; after all, they are not artistic creations but more like records. Today, Qin shares his work on social media platforms like Douyin, Xiaohongshu, and Bilibili, and has also produced videos introducing ancient buildings. For example, I aim to develop products that bring ancient buildings …

Buildings Ancient Shanxi Qin

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Brushing history back to life

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Some of the ancient Shanxi architecture that Qin Zhizhen has illustrated. Hailing from Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, illustrator Qin Zhizhen has captured the hearts of social media users with his hand-drawn depictions of ancient Shanxi architecture, breathing new life into these millennia-old structures. When I posted this work online, it received many likes, comments, and shares, which greatly encouraged …

Architecture Buildings Painting Ancient Chinese Shanxi Temple

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life

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A lacquerware vase excavated from the tombs. CHINA DAILY Yu Yanjiao, director and researcher at Hunan Museum's Mawangdui Han Tombs and Collection Research Exhibition Center, said the quantity of unearthed artifacts from the tombs is massive, with a broad interdisciplinary scope. There are still many unsolved mysteries despite 50 years of excavation, requiring extensive research by scholars through multidisciplinary collaboration …

Research Liu

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life

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A replica of a scroll unearthed at Mawangdui. Li Qun, head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, said the tombs demonstrate the achievements of the Han Dynasty in economics, philosophy, culture, art, medicine, and science and technology. It is important to continue research, focusing primarily on areas such as bamboo and silk manuscripts, philosophy, art and traditional Chinese medicine, to …

Brings Han

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Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life

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A replica of a scroll unearthed at Mawangdui. Li Qun, head of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, said the tombs demonstrate the achievements of the Han Dynasty in economics, philosophy, culture, art, medicine, and science and technology. It is important to continue research, focusing primarily on areas such as bamboo and silk manuscripts, philosophy, art and traditional Chinese medicine, to …

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Decades of excavation brings Han Dynasty back to life

China Daily

A lacquerware vase excavated from the tombs. CHINA DAILY Yu Yanjiao, director and researcher at Hunan Museum's Mawangdui Han Tombs and Collection Research Exhibition Center, said the quantity of unearthed artifacts from the tombs is massive, with a broad interdisciplinary scope. There are still many unsolved mysteries despite 50 years of excavation, requiring extensive research by scholars through multidisciplinary collaboration …

Research Liu

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Brushing history back to life

China Daily

CHINA DAILY "While many people appreciate my art, these small works don't pose significant technical challenges; after all, they are not artistic creations but more like records. Today, Qin shares his work on social media platforms like Douyin, Xiaohongshu, and Bilibili, and has also produced videos introducing ancient buildings. For example, I aim to develop products that bring ancient buildings …

Buildings Ancient Shanxi Qin

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Brushing history back to life

China Daily

Some of the ancient Shanxi architecture that Qin Zhizhen has illustrated. Hailing from Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, illustrator Qin Zhizhen has captured the hearts of social media users with his hand-drawn depictions of ancient Shanxi architecture, breathing new life into these millennia-old structures. When I posted this work online, it received many likes, comments, and shares, which greatly encouraged …

Buildings Painting Ancient Chinese Temple His Work Qin

3 months, 3 weeks ago

Brushing history back to life

China Daily

Some of the ancient Shanxi architecture that Qin Zhizhen has illustrated. Hailing from Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, illustrator Qin Zhizhen has captured the hearts of social media users with his hand-drawn depictions of ancient Shanxi architecture, breathing new life into these millennia-old structures. When I posted this work online, it received many likes, comments, and shares, which greatly encouraged …

Architecture Buildings Painting Ancient Chinese Shanxi Temple

3 months, 4 weeks ago

Furnishing a career steeped in heritage

China Daily

The creation of traditional wooden furniture entails many steps, such as designing, cutting and carving.CHINA DAILY In recent years, Liu and his team have been involved in numerous restoration projects for artifacts from the Palace Museum. "Like a traditional Chinese medicine doctor, we start with observation — recording the piece's era, techniques, materials and even the meaning behind its patterns. …

Liu

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Spirit of vitalization

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At a reopening ceremony held in late June at the Qinglian Temple in Jincheng, Shanxi province, experts introduce the restoration techniques applied in the temple, which was damaged by heavy rain in 2021.ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY Restoration and protection of ancient structures shows a community determined to succeed, report Wang Qian and Zhu Xingxin in Jincheng, Shanxi province. Following its reopening …

Jincheng Shanxi Shanxi Province

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Spirit of vitalization

China Daily

At a reopening ceremony held in late June at the Qinglian Temple in Jincheng, Shanxi province, experts introduce the restoration techniques applied in the temple, which was damaged by heavy rain in 2021.ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY Restoration and protection of ancient structures shows a community determined to succeed, report Wang Qian and Zhu Xingxin in Jincheng, Shanxi province. Following its reopening …

Jincheng Shanxi Shanxi Province

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Spirit of vitalization

China Daily

At a reopening ceremony held in late June at the Qinglian Temple in Jincheng, Shanxi province, experts introduce the restoration techniques applied in the temple, which was damaged by heavy rain in 2021.ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY Restoration and protection of ancient structures shows a community determined to succeed, report Wang Qian and Zhu Xingxin in Jincheng, Shanxi province. Following its reopening …

Jincheng Shanxi Shanxi Province

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Spirit of vitalization

China Daily

At a reopening ceremony held in late June at the Qinglian Temple in Jincheng, Shanxi province, experts introduce the restoration techniques applied in the temple, which was damaged by heavy rain in 2021.ZHU XINGXIN/CHINA DAILY Restoration and protection of ancient structures shows a community determined to succeed, report Wang Qian and Zhu Xingxin in Jincheng, Shanxi province. Following its reopening …

Jincheng Shanxi Shanxi Province

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Underwater archaeological findings exhibition held in Shandong

China Daily

The Sino-Japanese Naval War and Underwater Archaeological Warship Wrecks Findings Exhibition opened to the public in Jinan, Shandong province on Aug 4. For the first time, over 300 sets of valuable artifacts from shipwrecks from the Sino-Japanese Naval War, the first Sino-Japanese War, also known as the Jiawu Sea Battle, are being comprehensively showcased. By merging underwater archaeological finds with …

China War Shandong Underwater Sino Shipwreck Underwater Archaeology

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rebuilding brick by glorious brick

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Mules are used to carry materials needed for the restoration, each carrying around 180 kilograms of materials and traveling three times a day. "These finds help us understand the Ming Dynasty soldiers' lives, from diet to weaponry," Shang Heng says. "The Great Wall is a cultural heritage site, blending the features of ancient architecture with those of an ancient ruin. …

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rebuilding brick by glorious brick

China Daily

Mules are used to carry materials needed for the restoration, each carrying around 180 kilograms of materials and traveling three times a day. "These finds help us understand the Ming Dynasty soldiers' lives, from diet to weaponry," Shang Heng says. "The Great Wall is a cultural heritage site, blending the features of ancient architecture with those of an ancient ruin. …

4 months, 4 weeks ago

Shandong Museum celebrates 70th anniversary

China Daily

The 70th Anniversary of the Founding of Shandong Museum and Symposium on Museum Education and Research was held on the museum's premises in Jinan on July 25. The Shandong Museum, a comprehensive provincial historical museum, houses a vast collection of over 400,000 artifacts. The museum's holdings are renowned for their diversity and historical significance, with particularly notable collections including pottery, …

Museum Shandong Museum

5 months ago

Newly restored artifacts displayed at the Sanxingdui Museum

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Tourists visit the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan city, Southwest China's Sichuan province on July 24. GUANGHAN -- An exhibition named "Craftsmanship and Ingenuity - Showcase of Preservation and Restoration Achievements of Newly Excavated Cultural Relics from the Sangxingdui Site" opened here on Tuesday. Discovered in the late 1920s in the city of Guanghan, Southwest China's Sichuan province, the Sanxingdui Ruins …

Sanxingdui Guanghan

5 months ago

Guangdong exhibition celebrates iconic Qing Dynasty artist

China Daily

Visitors at the exhibition, Elegance, Refinement, Style: Paintings of Hua Yan, in Guangdong Museum. A video was also recorded to enhance knowledge and awareness of the exhibition, analyzing traditional Chinese painting techniques and restoring the creation process of some of his paintings to the public. During the exhibition, Guangdong Museum has organized a series of expert lectures, on-site guided tours …

Painting Guangdong

5 months, 1 week ago

Museum strikes ancient notes with replicas

China Daily

Besides music, dance performances are also featured in the shows, which are choreographed based on cultural relics and historical documents. Archaeological delights He vividly recalls when he went to Xinyang Museum along with other members of the orchestra to do research in 2017, there he saw a set of bianzhong that was unearthed in 1957 in Xinyang, Henan province. With …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese art show in the UK sees reviving cultural traditions

China Daily

Peng Wei's painting-sculpture on show. The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts is showcasing the creations of six Chinese artists at a contemporary art exhibition in England. These artists have reimagined traditional Chinese art materials, infusing them with fresh interpretations. Titled Spirit Matters: Traditional Culture in Chinese Contemporary Art, the exhibition has transformed a gallery at the School of Art, Birmingham …

Art Chinese Sees Reviving

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese art show in the UK sees reviving cultural traditions

China Daily

Peng Wei's painting-sculpture on show. The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts is showcasing the creations of six Chinese artists at a contemporary art exhibition in England. These artists have reimagined traditional Chinese art materials, infusing them with fresh interpretations. Titled Spirit Matters: Traditional Culture in Chinese Contemporary Art, the exhibition has transformed a gallery at the School of Art, Birmingham …

Chinese Art

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Going back to the roots

China Daily

The Light of Civilization: Hongshan, Liangzhu, and Chinese Civilization proves a popular attraction for many visitors to the Shenyang Museum in Liaoning province. "That was a moment etched in time, as the clay head of a goddess that we had just unearthed lay before us, gazing skyward with a smile that seemed to invite conversation," says Guo, an honorary director …

Civilization Chinese Liaoning Chinese Civilization Shenyang Liangzhu

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Going back to the roots

China Daily

The Light of Civilization: Hongshan, Liangzhu, and Chinese Civilization proves a popular attraction for many visitors to the Shenyang Museum in Liaoning province. "That was a moment etched in time, as the clay head of a goddess that we had just unearthed lay before us, gazing skyward with a smile that seemed to invite conversation," says Guo, an honorary director …

Chinese Liaoning Chinese Civilization Shenyang Liangzhu Civilization Hongshan

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily

Parts of the Zidanku manuscripts describe the relationship between humans and heaven with writings and pictures of gods from the Warring States Period. Archaeologist Lothar von Falkenhausen at the University of California, Los Angeles, says although the manuscripts have been in the US for eight decades, they have only been seen by the people over two days — once in …

China Manuscripts Zidanku

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily

Parts of the Zidanku manuscripts describe the relationship between humans and heaven with writings and pictures of gods from the Warring States Period. Archaeologist Lothar von Falkenhausen at the University of California, Los Angeles, says although the manuscripts have been in the US for eight decades, they have only been seen by the people over two days — once in …

China Silk Manuscripts Zidanku Tomb

5 months, 4 weeks ago

Silk manuscripts give hope to academia

China Daily

Parts of the Zidanku manuscripts describe the relationship between humans and heaven with writings and pictures of gods from the Warring States Period. Archaeologist Lothar von Falkenhausen at the University of California, Los Angeles, says although the manuscripts have been in the US for eight decades, they have only been seen by the people over two days — once in …

China Manuscripts Zidanku

6 months ago

Major underwater archaeological projects

China Daily

Nanhai One shipwreck in Guangdong province, Southern Song Dynasty Discovered in 1987 off the coast of Yangjiang, Guangdong province, it is the first major shipwreck ever found in the South China Sea under China-initiated programs. Over 180,000 cultural relics, proof of the prosperous Maritime Silk Road, have been recovered from the shipwreck, which is 22.9 meters long and 9.8 meters …

China Chinese Dynasty Province Meters Cultural Relics Shipwreck

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