Ming Dynasty shipwreck found in Botou section of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Hebei Province. What do archaeologists say about this?

China has a long history and China has a profound culture. Archaeology helps us to study the history and culture of China. An Amin-era shipwreck was found during dredging in Botou section of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Hebei Province. According to the relationship between the unearthed cultural relics and the hull, it can be preliminarily judged that this is a cargo ship of Amin dynasty. Recently, when a construction unit dredged the Botou section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Hebei Province, it found a sunken ship in Amin era. The cultural relics department is improving the salvage plan, which is expected to be transferred indoors for detailed excavation in early February. According to preliminary investigation, the sunken ship is about15m long and 3m wide. Because most of the hull is wrapped in mud, the bow and stern are temporarily uncertain.

Archaeology is an activity to study the history of ancient human society according to the physical data left by ancient human activities. Archaeology has great practical significance, the most obvious is that it can prove the history of our country for thousands of years. To prove the long history of Chinese civilization, it is not enough to rely on written records, but also to have historical relics to testify, and these historical relics need to be brought out of the seal of the earth for thousands of years through archaeological excavation to show the extraordinary splendor of that era before the eyes of the world.

Archaeology is also an important way to enhance national self-confidence. There are many archaeological discoveries that prove that there were so many powerful dynasties in ancient China, and they are presented to the world as proof of strength. Archaeology is to add evidence to history and explore the truth in all aspects of ancient society. Only a small number of sites have been cleared for active excavation research. Now it is mainly to cooperate with infrastructure for excavation. If it is not cleaned, recorded and collected in advance, once the bulldozer passes by, everything will be gone. Clean up stolen cultural relics. If it is not cleaned and recorded, any trace will disappear quickly due to environmental factors or human factors.

Archaeology can provide aesthetics and imagination. Archaeology belongs to the social public sphere, and its labor results are the common wealth of society. Sites and relics are often built into sites parks or cultural landscapes, and unearthed cultural relics are often exhibited in museums for members of society to feel and visit at a small cost. Archaeology can promote the circulation of materials, and the design of some commodities is based on archaeological achievements? Unearthed cultural relics, loved by everyone, will stimulate the development of related industries and the progress in the design field, thus stimulating economic development. China archaeology directly participated in the construction of China's national mentality, and directly and indirectly promoted the development of China's diplomatic career. With the development of society, the evaluation of archaeology with information as the premise may have more and greater significance to be discovered by later generations, and it will also give archaeology a true and fair evaluation.