Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum

Back to the mountain and facing the sea, the architecture has distinctive features and closely adheres to the theme of marine culture

Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum

Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum is located in the west of Nanhai No.1 Avenue, Jiangcheng District, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province. It is the first underwater archaeological museum in China, with a total construction area of 17500 square meters, focusing on the excavation, protection, exhibition and research of the Song Dynasty ancient sunken ship Nanhai No.1.

Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum is mainly composed of "one museum and two centers" (Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum, maritime Silk Road Research Center and R & D center), with exhibition hall, Crystal Palace, collection warehouse and other facilities. The main cultural relics on display are the Song Dynasty trading ship "Nanhai I", which has been silent for more than 800 years, and the cultural relics found on it.

Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum is rated as a national second-class Museum

National AAAAA scenic spot

National Marine clean government culture demonstration sites

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Historical evolution

In 1987, Guangzhou Salvage Bureau and British ocean exploration company accidentally found a Song Dynasty sunken ship in the sea area more than 30 nautical miles away from Hailing Island in Yangjiang City. When the ancient ship sailed out of China and went to Singapore, India and other Southeast Asian regions for overseas trade, it was in distress

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On December 28, 2004, the foundation of Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum was laid.

On December 28, 2005, Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum officially started construction

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In early August 2007, Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum was fully capped

. On December 21, the "Nanhai I" ancient sunken ship was lifted. At 10 a.m. on December 22, the ceremony of "Nanhai I" leaving the water was held. On December 28, the caisson was used to salvage Nanhai I, which was placed in Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum

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From August 18 to September 26, 2009, archaeologists carried out the first stage of trial excavation of Nanhai I, and produced more than 200 pieces of porcelain from Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, Dehua, Fujian Province and Longquan, Zhejiang Province. In the future, trial excavation will be carried out one after another to show the sunken ship to the world as soon as possible. In November, Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum was basically completed. On December 24, Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum was officially opened to the public

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In November 2016, Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum began to apply for World Heritage and closed for renovation.

On August 15, 2017, Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum opened for trial

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architectural composition

overview

The main project of Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum has a base area of 12288 square meters, three stories high, and a total construction area of 19409 square meters. The total investment is about 200 million yuan. The overall construction land is 129000 square meters, the control land is 100000 square meters, and the total construction area is 17500 square meters. The exhibition area of the basic books in the museum is more than 10000 square meters, which is divided into seven theme exhibition areas, namely: sailing, sinking, sailing, sailing, sailing, sailing, sailing, sailing, sailing, sailing, sailing, sailing, sailing, sailing, sailing, sailing, sailing and sailing Exploration, water, value, treasure and achievement. The basic exhibition mainly displays dozens of cultural relics of Nanhai I

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Theme exhibition area

Setting sail: it is the prelude of the basic exhibition. A large-scale sail array is erected on the east side of the exhibition area, which represents the implication of setting sail for the ocean. It also brings huge visual impact to the audience at the beginning of the exhibition. On the west side of the exhibition area, it simulates the real scene of the ancient port, creating a scene of prosperous trade and commercial jiayunji wharf, which makes the audience feel immersive. The elements of the sails and docks on both sides set off the theme of the basic exhibition of "the Silk Road ship -- the past and present life of Nanhai I"

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Sinking: it is located at the junction of No. 2 and No. 3 cabins. The exhibition area is equipped with a multimedia experience device for steering and navigation. By introducing the mystery of "Nanhai I" sinking in the corridor

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Exploration: on the west side of the exhibition line is the archaeological site, and the audience can observe the working process of the archaeologists' on-site excavation and research. On the east side of the exhibition line is the dense ship type display cabinet, which is based on the hull structure section, and focuses on the display of ship cargo hold ceramics

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Water coming out: historical materials of underwater investigation and overall salvage of Nanhai I are displayed, and a three-dimensional studio is also set up for visual demonstration

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Value: by using the display cabinet and the top space of the exhibition area, the details of the interior of the space echo each other and show the shape of the ship together. The ship models are placed on the various ship type exhibition stands to highlight the ubiquitous theme of sails. In the exhibition hall, the structure of the ship type is displayed in the form of model and graphics, so that the audience can clearly and intuitively understand the structure and shipbuilding technology of ancient Chinese ships. In addition, the exhibition area is decorated with cables to embellish the space

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Yizhen: simulate the overall section of the ship, restore the crew's life during the long voyage of "Nanhai I", show the details of clothing, food, living and cargo placement inside the cabin, and tell the story of China's prosperous foreign marine trade epitomized by "Nanhai I"

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Results: the scene of navigation star sky was created on the archaeological excavation platform. The history of "Nanhai I" was restored through the effect of multimedia sound, light and electricity. The whole process of archaeologists' protection and excavation of "Nanhai I" can also be seen through the skylight

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Collection

The basic exhibition of Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum mainly displays dozens of cultural relics, including gold ornaments, Chinese ceramics and Song Dynasty lacquerware

. In 2019, the staff made phased achievements in clearing the cargo of "Nanhai I", and more than 180000 pieces of cultural relics were unearthed from the wreck

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Venue features

Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum has distinctive architectural features and unique design creativity, closely linked to the theme of the sea, reflecting the soft and beautiful combination of marine culture and southern architectural style. The facade is composed of five ellipsoids of different sizes. The whole body is like undulating waves and spreading wings of seagulls. The building abandons the traditional beam structure and combines the keel structure of shipbuilding with the unique dry column building form in the south. It has a fresh and unique style and can be called the landmark building in China and even in the world

. The whole building uses three floors above the ground and one floor underground. The five arches contain the exhibition and office areas of the museum, with clear zoning. The largest ellipse in the middle is the home made for the sunken ship - "Crystal Palace". The two arches on the right are the cultural relics exhibition hall, which mainly displays the cultural relics recovered from Nanhai I. the two arches on the left are the office area, where scientific research, inventory, equipment and logistics systems are located.

Honorary recognition

On July 8, 2016, Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum was listed in the first batch of "National Marine anti-corruption culture demonstration sites" by the State Oceanic Administration

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Visit information

geographical position

Guangdong Maritime Silk Road Museum is located in the west of Nanhai 1st Avenue, hailing Economic Development Experimental Zone, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province

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Ticket information

Opening hours: 09:00-17:30 (ticket sales stop at 17:00)

Ticket price: 80 yuan / person

Half ticket (40 yuan / person) preferential conditions: children 120 cm to 150 cm in height; minors 6 years old (excluding 6 years old) to 18 years old (including 18 years old); full-time undergraduate students and below; elderly people 60 years old (including 60 years old) to 64 years old; religious people with valid certificates issued by provincial religious organizations; minimum living allowance recipients confirmed by civil affairs departments Five guarantees.

Preferential conditions for free tickets: children under 120cm (including 120cm) or under 6 years old (including 6 years old); elderly people over 65 years old (including 65 years old); active servicemen, disabled servicemen, special care objects and retired military cadres with valid certificates; physically and mentally disabled people with valid certificates.

Preferential conditions for holidays: 20% discount (64 yuan / person) will be given to tourists who buy full tickets for a single time during May Day, November day and Spring Festival holidays

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Traffic information

1. Route: guangzhou-s81 Ring Expressway (17km) - beijiangdadi / Guangfo Expressway / Zhaoqing / Lishui / Kaiping / Shabei (exit) - G15 Guangfo Expressway (14.2km) - G15 Fokai Expressway (81km) - G15 Kaiyang Expressway (124km) - 277 provincial highway Hailing Island

Time required: about 4.5 hours

2. Route: shenzhen-g4 Guangzhou Shenzhen Expressway (51.3 km) - g9411 guanfo Expressway (18.8 km) - g4w Beijing Zhuhai expressway-s26 Zhongjiang Expressway (58 km) - G15 Fokai Expressway (19.6 km) - G15 Kaiyang Expressway (124 km) - 277 provincial highway Hailing Island

Time required: about 5.5 hours

Address: shiliyintan, Hailing Island Experimental Zone, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 111.87392298256

Latitude: 21.572742750312

Tel: 0662-3681111

Official website: http://www.msrmuseum.com/

Chinese PinYin : Guang Dong Hai Shang Si Chou Zhi Lu Bo Wu Guan