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What treasures were found in the sinking of Nanhai No.1?
The Southern Song merchant ship "Nanhai No.1" sailed along the Maritime Silk Road. As the most prosperous period of the Silk Road, the Song Dynasty transported a lot of treasures.

Nanhai 1 is 4 1.8m long, 4m wide1/m high. At the same time, it is also an ocean-going merchant ship with the earliest age, the largest hull and the most complete preservation among the shipwrecks found in the world today. Its displacement is about 800 tons and its load is about 400 tons. Up to March 20th, 20 19, more than 40,000 pieces of ship-borne cultural relics have been cleared. It is estimated that the total number of cultural relics will exceed160,000 pieces.

Archaeologists tried to dig out many ceramic handicrafts from the top official kilns in the Song Dynasty, which was very popular with western countries at that time. The appearance of some ceramics has also been influenced by the cultures of the West, Arabia and other places.

The museum's "Six-sided Pot with Blue and White Glaze Printing in Dehua Kiln in Southern Song Dynasty" also comes from here. Pot, also known as "note" and "note pot", is a wine set that appeared in the Sui Dynasty. The height is 25.4 cm and the foot diameter is 5.5 cm. A utensil mainly used for holding drinks. 、

There is also a special exhibition, and the "Nanhai No.1" blue glazed chrysanthemum petal pattern plate of Longquan kiln in the Southern Song Dynasty also gave us a great shock. We have to say that the craftsmanship of the ancients is exquisite.

According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 4000 underwater archaeological excavations/kloc-0, with 55 tons of concrete and 2575 specimens. And pottery accounts for the majority, totaling 13000 pieces. Such as porcelain bottles, pots, bowls, plates and other porcelain. There are many styles, and the production methods are from the best official kiln. It can be seen that Nanhai No.1 is a typical merchant ship in Song Dynasty and an international trading ship.