The introduction of the first port in the East, the basic introduction of the first port in the East

Quanzhou was recognized as the "largest port in the East" in ancient times, and was as famous as Alexandria in Egypt.

In 1291 A.D., the famous Italian traveler Marco Polo was ordered by Kublai Khan to escort Princess Kekeqing to marry Persia, and it was from Quanzhou that he set sail for the sea. In his travelogue, he praised the port of Quanzhou at that time, believing that it was the most prosperous commercial port he had ever seen in his life, with hundreds of large ships and countless small boats in Hong Kong dollars.

Reasons for the formation: 1. It is the special geographical environment that provides unique advantages. Quanzhou is located on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Jinjiang River, facing the sea in the east and separated from Taiwan by a water.

2. The water and land transportation to the mainland is also relatively convenient, the local product resources are abundant, and the well-known brand-name products are available, and the inland hinterland of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River can also have a steady stream of sufficient goods.

3. It is the development of Quanzhou's shipbuilding industry and the superb navigation technology, the compass is widely used in navigation, and Chinese and foreign merchant ships can enter and exit the port relatively safely.

4. It was the imperial court that attached great importance to foreign trade, issued orders to protect foreign merchants, and set up municipal shipping agencies.

Quanzhou was an important port in ancient times. She arose in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty, reaching its peak at the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, and was recognized as the "largest port in the East" at that time, as famous as Alexandria in Egypt. The ninth-century Arab geographer Ibn Kaur Dabe, in his writings, introduced China's ** great port, in the order from south to north:

One Jiaozhou, two Guangzhou, three Quanzhou, four Yangzhou. Later, there were changes to form a situation of competition between Guangzhou, Quanzhou and Mingzhou (Ningbo). At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, the three ports were the most prosperous in Guangzhou, followed by Mingzhou, and Quanzhou in the back.

In the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty, Quanzhou Port began to catch up with and surpass Mingzhou, ranking second in the country, and in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, it gradually caught up with Guangzhou and kept pace. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Quanzhou Port surpassed Guangzhou in one fell swoop, and entered the heyday. Until the Yuan Dynasty, Quanzhou Port has always been ahead of the domestic Zhu Port.

We can see from many documents that the Quanzhou Port at that time was "full of boats and vehicles, and ships and ships were connected". In the twenty-ninth year of Yuan to Yuan (1291 AD), the famous Italian traveler Marco Polo was ordered by Kublai Khan to escort Princess Kekeqing to marry Persia, and sailed from Quanzhou to the sea. In the second year of Yuan Zhizheng (1342 AD), the Moroccan traveler Ibn Badutha came to China on the order of his king, and also landed from the port of Quanzhou.

In his travelogue, he praised Quanzhou Port at that time, believing that it was the most prosperous commercial port he had ever seen in his life. The literati of the Yuan Dynasty described Quanzhou as follows: "Quan, the capital of Fujian."

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The Quanzhou Port mentioned here includes Quanzhou Bay, Shenhu Bay and Weitou Bay Ports, and Houzhu Port is the mainstay. Houzhu Port is located in Quanzhou Bay, ten kilometers away from Quanzhou City in the northwest, and the geographical situation is dangerous; There is a branch vein of Taohua Mountain in the northwest as a natural barrier, it is the location of the lookout and the defense fort, the east faces each other across the sea with the Baisha and Baiqi two capes of Hui'an, there is Jinjiang Shihu and Hui'an Langshan and Xiutu into a pincer confrontation outward, there is a small Luoyang sea at the mouth of Luoyang Hui in the northeast, the southwest is the mouth of Jinjiang, the water and land can reach Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Hui'an, Nan'an counties and cities, and the water depth is wide and the port is wide, the traffic is convenient, under the conditions of the time, it becomes the natural harbor and coastal defense important place of "ladder navigation of all countries", it is no accident.

Oriental Port, that is, Yangshan Deep-water Port; It is about 32 kilometers away from Luchao Port in Pudong New Area, Shanghai in the northwest, about 90 kilometers away from Beilun Port in Ningbo in the south, and directly connects to the open sea through the Huangzeyang Waterway in the east, only 45 nautical miles away from the international route, which is the nearest deep-water port from Shanghai. By 2020, Yangshan Port will have more than 50 deep-water container berths, with a designed annual throughput capacity of more than 15 million TEUs; Through the Donghai Bridge, it is connected to Shanghai's transportation network, giving full play to the advantages of Shanghai's vast economic hinterland and sufficient container supply. There are also Chinese films of the same name (produced by Shanghai Film Studio in 2007), the same name** (written by Peng Ruigao), etc.

A commercial port on the Pacific coast of Russia. Facing the Sea of Japan. On the Marina Coast Pat and District in the south of the Gulf of America is on the eastern Wrangel Bay coast.

The water depth (18 meters in the middle) is calm, muddy bottom, suitable for port construction, and can berth 100,000-ton sea vessels. The ice is thin in winter and can be navigated all year round. It was built in 1971 and had a throughput of about 10 million tons in 1979.

It is mainly used for the export of coal and timber. Imported grain and container transportation, etc.