Quanzhou Bay Ancient Boat Exhibition Hall is located in Kaiyuan Temple, Licheng District. The main exhibition room 1974 is unearthed from Houzhu Port in Quanzhou Bay and its accompanying unearthed objects. The sunken ship is 24.20m long and 9.15m wide. The ship's sound is flat and wide, with a sharp bottom. The hull plate is made of 2-3 thick plates laminated, with 13 watertight compartments. There are life-saving holes at the joints of the two ends of the main keel. According to research, this is a medium-sized ocean-going freighter built in Quanzhou in the 3rd century/kloc-0. It is 34m long, 4m wide/1m deep and has a carrying capacity of more than 200 tons. In Quanzhou Overseas Traffic History Exhibition Hall, we will learn about the rise and fall of ancient Quanzhou and ancient Erythrina Port from a large number of precious cultural relics and models. Quanzhou, known as Erythrina in ancient times, as the starting point of the medieval Maritime Silk Road, Quanzhou once occupied an important historical position in the exchange of eastern and western civilizations. According to records, the earliest inhabitants of Fujian were Min people and Yue people, who were good at shipbuilding as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
From the canoe fragments unearthed in Lianjiang, Fujian Province on 1920, we can clearly see the traces of fire baking, which shows that people were able to make canoes with fire and stone axes for sea activities at that time. The boat developed from canoe looks like a lifelike waterfowl, and already has some characteristics of lucky boat, which can be said to be the predecessor of lucky boat. After AD16th century, Fuchuan became one of the most advanced ships in the world with its excellent performance and advanced technology. During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Wu and Jin people moved south because of Yongjia Rebellion. At present, the ancestral homes of Wang, Lin, Chen, Huang, Zheng, Tang, Qiu, He and Hu in Quanzhou are mostly from the Central Plains.
They came to the bank of Jinjiang, lived along the river and began to call this river Jinjiang. In the third year of Yong 'an, Emperor Wu of the Three Kingdoms (AD 260), due to the southward migration of Jinjiang people, the population of southern Fujian increased. Wu set up Dong 'an County to strengthen management. It governs Nan 'an, Jinjiang and Tong 'an counties, and the county is located in Fengzhou, Nan 'an today, making Fengzhou the political, economic and cultural center of southern Fujian at that time. From 65438 to 0980, the foundation made by Taikang on June 6, 2005 and a batch of pottery daily necessities buried with it were unearthed in Fengzhou. Up to now, some daily necessities in the rural areas of southern Fujian still retain their original appearance. The wisdom of ancient Quanzhou people is outstanding. As early as 1000 years ago, they could build the most advanced ship in the world with tung oil and nails: Quanzhou Ship in Lucky Ship.
1925, an ancient Song Dynasty ship was built in Houzhu Port, Quanzhou Bay, with a residual length of 24.2 meters and a width of 9. 15 meters. After repair, its length can reach 36 meters, its width is 1 1 meter, and its load capacity is more than 200 tons. It was a medium-sized cargo ship built in Quanzhou at that time. From its profile model, we can find that it has thirteen watertight compartments. The application of watertight cabins in China began in the Tang Dynasty, more than 1 100 years earlier than in Europe. In addition, we can also find from this ship model that its anchor is the structure of wooden claw stone anchor. In the past century, many similar rocks have been found in Japan, Korea and other places, which is enough to prove the footprints of ancient Quanzhou ships. In recent years, we have found many sunken ships near the port.
Among them, 1980 Fashiwan found a Song ship with a deadweight of about tons, which is the only precious cultural relic in China. Three-mast sail is a kind of sail used by ancient ships in Quanzhou. Before the Southern Song Dynasty, before cotton planting and textile were widely popularized, only official ships could afford expensive silk fabrics as sails. Smart Quanzhou people used bamboo leaves, bamboo leaves and other natural plant materials to make sails, which were still widely used until the Ming Dynasty.