In the tenth year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty (14 12), when Zheng He was waiting for the wind in Taiping Port before his fourth voyage to the West, he asked for permission to build a magnificent "Tianfei Palace" next to Sanfeng Pagoda Temple in the east of Nanshan Pagoda in Changle as a place for fleet officials to pray and thank God. In the 26th year of Qing Qianlong (176 1), Tian Fei moved to the newly-built "Tianhou Palace" near Wuhangtou, and changed the original Nanshan Tianfei Palace into "Wuhangyuan". The college was destroyed in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
The precious cultural relic "Tian Fei Lingyingzhi" tablet (commonly known as Zheng He's tablet) was written by Zheng He himself in Changle in the winter of the sixth year of Xuande in Ming Dynasty (143 1). The inscription in regular script 1 177 describes in detail Zheng He's six previous voyages to the West and his seventh voyage to the West from the third year of Yongle to the eighth year of Xuande (1405- 1433), which is a precious physical historical material for studying the history of overseas traffic and exchanges between China and foreign countries in the Ming Dynasty.
Tian Fei Ling Ying Monument (commonly known as Zheng He Monument), a precious cultural relic, was erected in the sixth year of Xuande in Ming Dynasty (143 1) when Zheng He went to the West for seven times. The monument is1.33m high, 0.78m wide, 0.16m thick and 0.29m high. The inscription in regular script 1 177 describes in detail Zheng He's six previous voyages to the Western Ocean and his seventh voyage from the third year of Yongle to the eighth year of Xuande (1405- 1433), which is an important physical historical material for studying the history of overseas transportation and exchanges between China and foreign countries in the Ming Dynasty. Sanfeng Pagoda and Zhenghe Monument are both provincial-level protected cultural relics.
The gold plaque on the gate of the exhibition hall was inscribed by Ye Fei, and the historical facts of Zheng He's voyage to the West were painted on the big screen. There is a bust of Zheng He in the main hall, which is 1 m high. Tian Fei Lingyingzhi tablet is commonly known as Zhenghe tablet. It is recorded in the inscription that he has worked in the West since Yongle three years ago. Up to now, he has been stationed in Sri Lanka by a captain for seven times, waiting for the wind in Kaiyang. Built in the tenth year of Yongle, it was thought that the loyalist prayed for the news, which was both strict and complete. This stone tablet and the bronze bell (commonly known as Zheng) transferred to Nanping during the Anti-Japanese War are historical relics established by Zheng He.
The spacious hall, with the exhibition of Zheng He's historical relics as its content, is divided into four parts: the preface, the historical background of Zheng He's voyages to the West, Zheng He's great achievements and far-reaching influence in Fujian and Fujian. Exhibits include replicas of bronze bells, treasure ships, nautical charts and other related cultural relics and pictures. Books such as Commemorating Zheng He's Sailing to the West written by Xiang Nan, Zheng He and Fujian published after the symposium on the 580th anniversary of Zheng He's Sailing to the West, and Anthology Commemorating the 580th anniversary of Zheng He's Sailing to the West are also on display here.
Upstairs, there are some works by famous calligraphers in China: from official script in Yu Tao, Liaoning, cursive script in Ma Xuezhi, Ningxia, seal script in Wang Ge, regular script in Chen Yurong, Guangdong, and running script in Fei Xinwo, Jiangsu, to calligraphers Pan Zhulan, Zhu Tangxi, Zhao Yulin and Xiao Tao Xin in central Fujian. His calligraphy works are all artistic.