### Trip to Shanghai’s Maritime Attractions
#### Overview
– **Duration**: 1 day
– **Time**: October
– **Per Capita Cost**: 100 yuan
– **With Whom**: Alone
– **Ways of Playing**: Cultural, independent travel, weekend tour
#### Visited Places
– Shanghai Dishui Lake
– China Maritime Museum
– Yangshan Deep Water Port
– Donghai Bridge
– Huangpu River
#### Post Details
– **Posted on**: October 11, 2021, 18:16
### The China Maritime Museum Experience
**Shanghai Dishui Lake**
There is such a museum in Shanghai, located in the mysterious Dishui Lake. This is an exhibition hall that people who love the ocean must visit every year. Because there will be many highly praised special exhibitions and precious collections waiting for you to discover again and again. A special exhibition will give me a reason to come and check in. This time, the special exhibition is the exhibition of cultural relics salvaged from the shipwreck of ‘Taixing’.
**China Maritime Museum**
The China Maritime Museum is located in Nanhui New City, Shanghai. It is also the first national maritime museum. When I first went to Nanhui New City, I felt the strong theme of marine culture in this area. Not only is there the landmark location of the Maritime Museum, but there are also schools specializing in marine fields such as Maritime University. Going deeper is the seaside of Shanghai. You can also cross the bridge and go to the distant Yangshan Deep Water Port… There are so many stories about the sea on this land. So today, let’s start with the China Maritime Museum and tell the stories here.
**Impressions of the China Maritime Museum**
Although for me, a frequent visitor, I came for the special exhibition, but I will still introduce the Maritime Museum to everyone in the best order of the museum. Treasures of the museum. When coming to the China Maritime Museum, the first thing that will surely shock you is its magnificent appearance, like two huge sails setting sail and roaming on the sea. Being on the scene may be my biggest feeling every time I come to the museum. So I believe that all people who come to the museum have the same feeling. This beautiful appearance is one of the treasures of the museum.
**Ming Dynasty Fuchuan Ship**
Another treasure of the museum is the second shock after we enter the venue with the flow of people. The design of the venue is to go to the second floor first and see the treasure of the museum – the Ming Dynasty Fuchuan ship from the best central position. Then go down to the first floor and visit the venue in order. It has to be said that the Ming Dynasty Fuchuan ship, which is as high as four floors, is really the most shocking. Sitting in the most central position of the venue, this 1:1 restored model of the ancient Fuchuan ship also allows everyone to witness China’s ancient sea ships and the long history of navigation! Nowadays, it is very free to experience boarding the Fuchuan ship, but I won’t join the fun either. Just right, I can see the shape and details of the Fuchuan ship from multiple angles and positions. The viewing position on the third floor is also wonderful. Don’t miss it.
**Maritime History Museum**
As the name suggests, the Maritime History Museum tells the history of China’s ships and navigation. This is my favorite venue because here you can roam in the ocean of knowledge and understand the story of how humans initially came into contact with water, ships, and the ocean and developed step by step until now. Going deeper layer by layer, there are also precious collections, which are extremely wonderful. Starting from the sheepskin raft, the story of the entire journey of ships on rivers begins. The earliest people used buoyancy to start the story of drifting on rivers and also started their life and work on the water surface. Although ancient ships, which can even be called boats, are so simple, they supported the lives of people for many years. And in Lugu Lake, you can still see this kind of ‘dugout canoe’. Although it seems crude and simple, the locals still use them to catch fish and shrimp in the river.
**Valuable Treasures**
The Maritime Museum also has a very valuable treasure, which is the large warship with wings in the Spring and Autumn Period. This warship is made of gold and perfectly interprets the warships in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Judging from the details and scale of the ship, the economic strength and production technology level of the State of Wu in those days were quite good. In the next exhibition hall, there are many extremely delicate and beautiful ship models. These are replicas of the models of ancient sunken ships discovered in Quanzhou Bay and belong to Fujian ships. Upon careful observation, the model ships are very delicate, beautifully designed, and the replicas are sufficient to reflect the glorious development at that time. The clay statue of the maritime patrol minister unearthed in Xianying Palace in Changle in 1992 seems to be modeled after Zheng He and his entourage on their voyages to the Western Seas. And Zheng He also set off from Changle, Fuzhou to the Western Seas every time. There is a display case showing an entire ship rudder. This was salvaged at the mouth of the Yangtze River and is similar to the ‘Six Work Ponds’ in the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing.It is very rare to have such a well-preserved ship rudder. China’s artistic achievements in all aspects are outstanding internationally. Not only various carvings and porcelain but also export silverware are loved by foreign countries. For example, the 19th-century silver bowl with hollowed-out flower patterns is very delicate.
The time comes to the period of the Opium War, a tragic era. This history inspired the Chinese people to develop their own shipbuilding industry. Many exquisite ship models in the exhibition hall allow us to review the wonderful history. The ship model in the center of the exhibition hall is the Yidun ship, a steam-powered mail ship and the first merchant ship used in modern China. A wooden ship outside the modern exhibition hall is the one used by the People’s Liberation Army in the Battle of Crossing the Yangtze River in 1949 and it is a first-class cultural relic.
After learning about history in the ship exhibition hall, we stroll to the shipbuilding hall. Here, four different bows represent bows with different designs and functions for ships in different regions. The most remarkable thing in the exhibition hall is the model of an entire large ship with a cut-open section showing the work on board, inventory, and the lives of crew members. This is a paradise for children who are indulged in the experience area.
Surrounding the ship’s hull are the internal structures and main working accessories of various ships. Maritime rescue equipment such as hovercrafts, fire extinguishers, and life jackets are also part of ships. In another exhibition hall, there is a large wooden ship, a fast ship of the Ming Dynasty restored in a 1:2 ratio with leeboards on both sides.
As a girl majoring in industrial science, these beautiful ship drawings make me feel the beauty of art. The welding experience hall is finally open and it is also a paradise for children.
Seamen’s Hall: After talking about shipbuilding, let’s talk about the main body of navigation – people. Seamen have experienced various developments and are witnesses of the navigation industry. The navigation simulator can let you feel the perspective of the captain driving the ship. The popular experience project of tying sailor’s knots is finally open.
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**Many Children Line Up to Experience It**
Many children line up to experience it. There are specialized teachers teaching, and they are also having a great time. In fact, as long as you are serious, all kinds of knots are not a problem.
