Reappear on the ancient Silk Road of the sea!Wenzhou discovered thousands of ancient business port sites

Author:Wenzhou Metropolis Daily Time:2022.09.28

On the morning of September 28, the State Administration of Cultural Relics held an important progress of the "archeological China" major project. Wenzhou Shuomen found that the ancient port site became the highlight of the meeting. The discovery not only empirical Wenzhou Port is an important port of maritime trade since the Song and Yuan Dynasties. It is a veritable "Millennium Commercial Port" and an excellent interpretation of the "Maritime Silk Road". reward.

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Part of the porcelain unearthed this time

The ancient port site of Shuo Gate in Wenzhou is located outside the east of Wangjiang East Road, Lucheng District, Wenzhou City, and outside the gate of the ancient city of Wenzhou. It is adjacent to the Minjiang River in the north and echo the Jiangxinyu Shuangta. In October 2021, the site was discovered in the archeological pre -archeological work cooperation with Wangjiang Road. After the Zhejiang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology and Wenzhou Cultural Relics and Archeology Institute jointly carried out archeological exploration and excavations, and discovered the architectural relics of the ancient city water and land city gate, the group dock, the brick shop road, the wooden plank road, the dry -field building, the water well, the ash The well -preserved ancient ruins were preserved, and 2 shipwrecks, and the accumulation of Song and Yuan porcelain pieces of the porcelain of the tons, and the various lacquer wood wares, brick carvings, building components, shells, plant seeds and other rich relics. The span continued from the Northern Song Dynasty to the Republic of China, especially the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

Directors of the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology made a detailed introduction to the ancient port site of Wenzhou at the meeting. The site is divided into three parts: Tancheng, Shuimentou, and Jiang'an Wharf. The main body is in east -west strips, which is generally parallel to the modern shoreline. It is found that eight docks are now found; the number of ancient porcelain remnants with extremely large number of ancient porcelain is also unearthed, and more than 90 % of them are Longquan kiln products.

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Yaocheng Wall base

From the beginning of the establishment of the city in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wenzhou has been inseparable from the port and Jianghai secretly. In the Song and Yuan dynasties, with the setting of the city shipping management agency, Wenzhou has become an important port city on the maritime Silk Road on the "Baiyue and Three Wuyi Tong". "The East of the Tang Dynasty" showed that at that time, the waterway in Wenzhou and Fuzhou, Taizhou and other places were connected. Not only did they reach domestic port cities, they even opened international routes and connected to Japan and Silla.

Direction Mingming said that the ancient port site of Wenzhou Gang is large, the ruins are full, the age is clear, and the connotation is rich. It is a complete system of the "Trinity" of cities, ports, and channels. Important ports of maritime trade since the Yuan Dynasty. The huge number of Longquan celadon products entered the sea from Wenzhou and walked to the world, showing the prosperous scene of "Longquan in the World". From the value and preservation of the site, it is also one of the most perfect "Maritime Silk Road" sites at present, and it is a major harvest of my country's marine archeology and urban archeology in recent years.

According to the plan, the ancient port ruins of Wenzhou Shuomen will not only create golden business cards for Wenzhou, Zhejiang, but also become an important proof of the "Maritime Silk Road" application. Traditional culture and build a community of human destiny contribute.