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This time machine is slowly opening. DNA technology deciphers ancient packaging codes of rice and bamboo strips from the mud. Inside a well-preserved barrel, layer upon layer, over a hundred intact famille rose porcelain wares are stacked. Western vessel shapes are painted with traditional Chinese motifs of “Teaching Children” and “Court Ladies.” A British-brand hair oil bottle, Vietnamese daily goods, and a wooden makara carving with a dragon’s head and a fish’s body all hint at a shared human longing for safety and a better life. To understand the ship’s structure, the archaeology team traveled far and wide in search of the nearly lost craft of building traditional Chinese wooden sailing ships. The ship and its cargo from the Tongzhi era conceal the ultimate riddle of destination, identity, and fate, thereby unveiling a diverse and open port culture in Shanghai and the millennia-old maritime civilization of China behind it.
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00:24The
00:24trial excavation of the Yangtze River estuary number two shipwreck began with
00:29four test pits t1 to t4 at the southern end of the archaeological site excavated sediment was
00:38meticulously packaged and washed bag by bag a two millimeter mesh sieve ensured that no
00:45valuable artifacts were missed
00:58in compartment cs11 of t4 a wooden bucket filled with famal rose porcelain was discovered the cargo
01:07and its packaging were exceptionally well preserved this is extremely rare in underwater excavations
01:21observation revealed that the porcelain inside the bucket varied in diameter which made full use
01:27of available space several cups were distinctly different in shape these cups have western style
01:50shapes yet their famal rose bodies feature traditional chinese motifs such as children
01:56being tutored scholars noble ladies and the melanin tendrils design
02:07where did these cups come from what were they used for and who would have used them
02:17so
02:3118世紀的一个荷蘭东印度公司向广州发过去的一个瓷器设计图稿它们其实是严格区分了茶杯咖啡杯跟巧克力杯就发现我们的这个杯子长得更像它里面所谓的这个巧克力杯
02:52这条沉船不管它最后的目的地是奔向何方通过它也可以反映到了清代晚期这个阶段中国怎么样去通过这种内陆的相应的这种生产和世界产生相关联系而且它代表了一种中西交融的时代背景从这个瓷器的角度来说
02:53in compartment cs11
02:56celadon vases with two ears and blue and white designs were found once more
03:03having previously been recovered during preliminary underwater surveys
03:07these were a pleasant surprise for the archaeologists
03:12earlier such discoveries had contained smaller porcelain pieces within
03:23the newly excavated vases stood just 40 centimeters tall yet were surprisingly heavy
03:30before cleaning archaeologists decided to perform a ct scan to determine whether or not
03:36they also contained smaller porcelain items我们想通过科技和文献的这种结合来解读一艘古城船目标呢复原整个长二的全生命的周期为整个的上海就近代开不以来的贸易的网络做考古学上的很紮实的一个研究
04:01visiting the testing center is like traveling through time
04:05more than 100 years have passed since the double-eared vases sank to the seabed
04:11and this port city has undergone tremendous changes during that time
04:38and x-ray revealed the interior of the vase
04:56the vase contained nothing but dense silt
05:00this was still a valuable find as it held a wealth of information
05:19the mud contained abundant biological remains and dna such material is essential for molecular
05:27archaeology
05:49after sequencing dna extracted from the sediment surrounding the artifacts
05:55technicians made an unexpected discovery发现了很多和水稻相关的病菌的dna它们并不是分布在水稻的同一个部位的对水稻的利用是各种各样的然后我在这个植轨体当中发现了非常明确的属于主字的长安形的植轨体可能会先用这个稻草去把它捆扎起来然后再用竹媚给它相当于扎一下更牢酷一些
06:18然后再用竹媚给它相当于扎一下更牢酷一些
06:19rice husks were placed between porcelain pieces to cushion them
06:23rice stalks were used to bundle them together
06:27bamboo strips provided reinforcement modern biotechnological analyses
06:31support depictions of the qing dynasty found in artwork
06:37invisible to the naked eye
06:39biological damage began to threaten the ship's hull
06:42from the moment it was raised from the water
06:55technicians regularly collected air samples from the chamber
06:58to analyze gas composition
07:00and detect subtle wood changes
07:02enabling preventive measures before further deterioration
07:06as the trial progressed
07:19monitoring and protecting the hull itself
07:21faced severe challenges
07:30a vibration with 0.06 millimeters amplitude
07:35created a deep v-shaped waveform on the monitoring platform
07:47distributed optical fibers went deep into the hull
07:50like a neural network together with high precision cameras
07:54and automated monitoring devices
07:56they observe every subtle change in the hull
08:00in real time during excavation
08:10during the excavation
08:13technical staff simultaneously conducted
08:16artifact surveying
08:17positioning image capturing
08:19and a panoramic scan of the entire ship
08:28each artifact underwent 3d scanning for digital preservation
08:41as the excavation progressed
08:44archaeologists discovered that the porcelain
08:47in a board yangtze river estuary number two
08:49was not all produced in jinder jen
08:52a region in jiangxi province known for its ceramics
08:55you know
08:59you know
09:06among porcelain items recovered from the test pit
09:09three were produced at kiln sites in the guangdong region
09:13two originated from fuji an and one came from a long chuan kiln in je
09:21after counting the porcelain shipped to Shanghai from various domestic ports
09:26between 1864 and 1866, Guiyan found that ports such as Shanto, Guangzhou, Fuzhou and Xiamen
09:35all sent porcelain to Shanghai.
09:49So, this number of numbers is similar to the Shango 2.
09:57Cross-referencing archaeological excavations with historical records
10:02further emphasises Shanghai's vital role in the porcelain trade network.
10:15A variety of everyday items were also uncovered,
10:19offering new insights into the ancient ship.
10:48A mysterious item, covered in plastic,
10:51stood out against the orderly array of blue and white items.
11:05Preliminary testing detected DNA,
11:08likely from magnolia and camellia plants in residue within the glass bottle.
11:14Studying the English inscription on the bottle,
11:17archaeologists reached a surprising conclusion.
11:19This was a bottle of hair oil from a 19th-century British brand.
11:26I think it's a good idea.
11:27I think it's a good product.
11:29It's a good product.
11:30It's a good product.
11:32It's a good product.
11:38It's a good product.
11:44You can see it.
11:46It's a good product.
11:49It's a good product.
11:51It's a good product.
11:52There's a great product.
12:02There is a good product.
12:03It's hard to tell you the logo.
12:04To identify, it's clear that the introduction of Western goods had already brought new ways of life to China.
12:35It's very important to see the architecture of the market.
12:43Another evidence is that the front of the front, the front, the front, the front.
12:49The archaeological team simultaneously studied the form, structure, and shipbuilding techniques of ancient Chinese sailing ships
13:01to facilitate the future restoration of Yangtze River Estuary No. 2.
13:07During the early stages of excavation, it was not possible to examine the structure of the entire ship.
13:14Could the enormous rudder blade at the southern end be part of the stern?
13:18We certainly don't need to emphasize the fact that the ship is in China.
13:24We still need to understand the ship, to make the ship itself speak.
13:32To assess the structure and manufacturing techniques of such vessels,
13:37Jiayang and his colleagues travelled thousands of kilometres to conduct field research on an island.
13:51Kong Binghuang, the 69-year-old inheritor of the Dongshan shipbuilding technique,
13:57has been building large wooden vessels since he was 12, learning from his father.
14:03His comprehensive knowledge covers everything from hull structure and proportions to materials and craftsmanship.
14:10As wooden ships gradually disappeared, Kong Binghuang's techniques became highly valued by specialists.
14:19The Yangtze River Estuary No. 2 archaeological team commissioned him to craft two small Canton ship models at a 1
14:28to 15 scale,
14:29faithfully reproducing the structure of the full-sized vessel.
14:44Kong Binghuang, Jiayang and colleagues compared ancient texts with a model ship.
14:51They documented the structure and construction techniques of ancient Chinese wooden sailing ships.
15:19As the ship model neared completion, Jiayang and Zhao Liu paid special attention to a structure called the Hantan.
15:28This is a crucial component on Chinese wooden sailing ships.
15:33It secures and protects the mast.
15:35Running across the hull beneath the main deck,
15:38its ingenious concave notch provides space for the vertical mast's movement.
15:44The notch of the Hantan for a Canton ship faces toward the bow.
15:49Would the orientation of the Hantan's notch on the Yangtze River Estuary No. 2 wreck help determine the bow?
16:03They think of the Hantan's line behind the top near the wall.
16:08The others were in the U.S. of the Hantan.
16:10The area is located near the upper line and the way they move towards the bow.
16:13After the location, the will be closed.
16:13Once the Miami and Hua, the building is amphib�י, the building is located near the middle.
16:14Fortunately, half of the Hantan of the Yangtze River Estuary No. 2 remains.
16:20It is clear that its notch faces the southern end of the site.
16:24If the southern end is the barrier of the Constant Bay.
16:25then why does the rudder blade which should be located at the stern seem to
16:30be here faced with a significant contradiction the archaeological team did
16:36not jump to conclusions but instead continued to look for clues on May 26th
16:442025 after eight months of exploring trial pits full-scale excavation of the
16:51Yangtze River estuary number two shipwreck officially began
17:07as more and more artifacts were recovered the ship's true form became increasingly
17:13clearer another wooden fragment bearing ink inscriptions emerged characters
17:18reading swift progress leads to smooth transport peace and winter month
17:24inscription could be deciphered after cleaning
17:29when one double-eared vase was lifted a piece of straw mat with a distinct
17:34texture was revealed it had silently protected porcelain for more than 150
17:39years a wooden bucket filled with family rose porcelain was also lifted and
17:51cleaned
17:51you can't move to find the family show you can go out the way you're going to go
17:56well my chin that's to join to show me what's going on the same
17:59that she's just you know she's just do you want to you and you know she's you
18:04know she's you know
18:06around the wooden bucket ropes used for bundling and transportation were even
18:19discovered inside this wooden bucket ten pieces of family rose porcelain in a
18:24range of sizes was recovered it was decorated with four season flower
18:29designs cups bowls plates saucers and a spoon form a complete set of tableware
18:39unlike other family rose porcelain the interior base of this set features a ring
18:45of green grass patterns making it particularly distinctive a Makara
18:52revered by ancient seafarers as the embodiment of the water god who
18:56safeguards voyages was also recovered during the comprehensive excavation with
19:03the head of a dragon and the body of a fish it is believed to bring prosperous
19:07business and bountiful harvests
19:18drawing on comparative studies of Shanghai sand ships as well as that of vessels
19:24from Guangdong and Fujian the archaeological team gained a deeper understanding of
19:29ancient Chinese wooden sailing ships
19:32the
19:34The limit is to come from the upper part of the left of the left of the left.
19:37The upper part is to come from the upper part of the left.
19:41This is the end of the left of the left.
19:44It is a result that when it's a hurricane, it's going to stop the top from the left.
19:51The goal is to be careful.
19:54But now we will face a closer to the left.
19:57To do the left and the right of the left, we will talk about the length.
20:00To try to confirm the left.
20:08On November 27th, 1808, the 13th year of the reign of Emperor Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty,
20:17amidst fierce winds and ocean currents, the Chinese sand ship Yu Changfa drifted to a small island in the Pacific
20:25Ocean.
20:26The following May, it safely returned to Shanghai.
20:33The Yangtze River estuary No. 2 was not as fortunate as the Yu Changfa.
20:38With its sinking, Chinese sand ships gradually vanished from the seas.
20:44Yet, Shanghai continued to rise to become a new international shipping hub.
21:14The day after the complete salvage
21:16of the Yangtze River estuary No. 2 shipwreck,
21:19the Chinese Underwater Archaeology Team returned to the Yangtze River estuary.
21:27After the last day, I did a survey of the Yangtze River estuary.
21:50The survey results showed that on the seabed of Yangtze River estuary No. 2,
21:55only a neat rectangular pit remains.
21:58Today there was an emblem in the доступ,
22:02and when the shipwrecked at the moon was in,
22:04there were a class Gil-Wong pigs.
22:06Here there was a tower, and there was a tower that was filled with the ground.
22:13There is a tower, and there is a tower.
22:14Here there is a tower.
22:25Here he is a tower.
22:26It's a tower, and there's a tower.
22:28dreams.
22:33The progress of underwater archaeology continues, as does humanity's long history and fascination
22:40with the ocean.