Chapter 164 Arrival(1/2)
Xia Yu has done enough to catch Wa Island's homework.
It was mainly from ancient times, and it was actually quite chaotic here. The regimes of all countries were changing rapidly and the attacks continued.
Later, many Chinese people passed by and became the main economic force in the local area, and various stories and accidents caused by this emerged one after another.
It took more than four hours to fly from Port City to Sishui City. During this period, Xia Yu had no worries about having nothing to do. He had a way to pass the time.
He has already prepared all kinds of preparations. In addition to various strategies, he also installed the most suitable apps, maps, travel, booking hotels, etc. on his mobile phone.
The visa is registered on the plane and the visa on arrival is very convenient.
There are many Chinese people who go to catch up with them, and Sishui can be said to be a city built by Chinese people. It was first immigrated from Fujian and Guangdong provinces, built from villages, and then developed step by step.
Sishui City is now a multi-ethnic and rich city.
Sishui is also one of the cities with the highest proportion of Chinese people. Sishui is home to nearly one million Chinese, and it is said that 78% of the economy is controlled by Chinese people.
In the city, the Chinese built Zhenghe Temple, which is the first temple in the world named after Zhenghe.
Six hundred years ago, when Zheng He went to Semarang in Central Java and Sishui City in East Java. Local Chinese built this temple to commemorate his extraordinary achievements.
During Xia Yu's itinerary this time, Zheng He Temple was one of his goals.
At this point, you basically don’t have to worry about language barriers. You can communicate in Cantonese and English. If you communicate with Chinese people, it will be even more OK.
After having a simple lunch on the plane, Xia Yu didn't dislike it. He just filled his stomach anyway. Eat something casually and let's talk about it later.
At 2:30 in the afternoon, I got off the plane, looked for Atm at the airport, and withdraw cash. The currency figure here is quite large.
Suddenly, he became a millionaire again.
He didn't bring any luggage, so he still had his unchanged travel backpack, taking the backpacker route. It was much more convenient if he didn't have to wait for the checked items.
After leaving the airport, he took a taxi directly to Zhenghe Temple.
Xia Yu himself had no special beliefs. One of Zheng He's original goals for sailing was to go to a pilgrimage, and he finally completed it on his seventh voyage to the West. But shortly after completing it, he passed away on the way back. The location was the farthest place he had ever visited in the West for the first time, Guli.
I have to say that it feels like this is also a kind of reincarnation.
As for where Zheng He was buried later, everyone has their own opinions, but in fact, it is no longer that important.
For example, the Zhenghe Temple that Xia Yu is going to have already explained the problem.
Xia Yu's graduation thesis is about Zheng He's voyage to the West and related topics. From the Southeast Asian region where Zheng He's voyage fleet passed through in the past. To this day, the ethnic groups in Southeast Asia still interpret their nostalgia and respect for Zheng He in different written records, rich historical and religious relics, myths and legends passed down from generation to generation, and social customs.
Zhenghe Temple in Sishui is particularly respected by local overseas Chinese, and they even worship Zhenghe as a god of business. This is undoubtedly the highest evaluation of Zhenghe's historical role in voyage to the West.
From another perspective, the effect that Zheng He's voyage to Southeast Asian overseas Chinese brought far more than spiritual aspects, but also material aspects, and its historical impact is incalculable.
Xia Yu also came to Zhenghe Temple with this feeling.
There are "incense" here, with many tourists and more locals.
Although he is not religious, it is fine to express his respect and admiration for the hero Zheng He.
This temple was built at the back, and its architectural style was imitated in Beijing Niujie Temple in 996 AD. It is mainly colored by green, red and yellow.
The top of the temple is shaped like a Chinese octagonal pavilion, and the roof is designed in an octagonal shape. It is said to mean the homophonic "fa" of the traditional Chinese number "8", symbolizing "development, prosperity and auspiciousness"...
When the tradition of Greater China came to foreign countries, it seemed to be more prosperous!
On the right side of the temple are built with a relief portrait of Zheng He and his model of a sail-hanging treasure ship.
Many Chinese people respectfully call Zheng He "Sanbao Lord" because Zheng He has noble character, abides by the rules of the teachings and treats people of different religious beliefs equally.
Outside the temple, there are also Zhawa, Chinese, Arabic, English four-language kindergarten, Zheng He acupuncture and health care room, sports field, gymnasium, Chinese tutoring classes and restaurants in the building complex here.
The clinic here provides free treatment for local poor people, and doctors from China stationed here.
Every day, many politicians, officers, merchants and ordinary people come to worship.
During the tour, Xia Yu did not forget to take some photos. On the one hand, he kept them as a souvenir, and then shared them with relatives and friends in China.
By the way, after getting off the plane, he received concern from his girlfriend and sister in China.
Xia Yu naturally replied to the message to reassure them that he was a big man and was not afraid of being raped.
But in fact, Bai Yujiao is still a little worried. Her goodness is not only visible to her.
Xia Yu naturally laughed and said that she was in the eyes of her lover, but no matter what, it would be good to tell him a few more words to remind her of her existence.
After visiting Zhenghe Temple, Xia Yu went to the Confucian Temple, also known as the Confucius Temple. It has some connection with the local name. After Confucius passed away, he was buried beside the Si Shui River.
He also took some photos and videos to prove that he had been there. He used a mirrorless camera, which is more professional, and the effect of the shot is much better than using a mobile phone.
If he continues to study and graduate school, these can be used as research topics.
Of course, even if you no longer study, you can publish research articles.
He thought, maybe he could use it in the future, so he kept it first.
His own laptop is also placed in the space, and these photos and videos are about to be transferred to the hard drive for storage.
There are generators in the space, so there is no need to worry about power loss.
But he couldn't connect to the Internet in the space, and he didn't switch too much. He was quite satisfied with such benefits.
After all, he felt that space and the outside world could also be considered two worlds.
After having supper outside, Xia Yu went to the hotel he booked on his mobile phone.
He only planned to stay in Sishui for one night, so he didn't make too much trouble. He just looked cheap and safe, so he could just stay there. It would be better not to include breakfast. He still understands the truth that the wool comes from the sheep.
There are many tourists in this city and more Chinese faces. Xia Yu is involved in it and does not cause any restlessness at all.
After staying in Sishui City for one night, Xia Yu got up the next morning and checked out to a port that belongs to Sishui City.
Jinshi, which was the new village that was used to be caught, is in the northwest direction of the city.
This was an important town on the island of Chuwa, and it was also the place where Zheng He's fleet had come. As early as the Tang Dynasty, people gathered and had close commercial contacts with China.
The main island of Java produces jewelry and spices, which are in high demand in China.
After going to the new village, Xia Yu had no reservations for a hotel.
He plans to be a real Aquaman during this period.
He also briefly told Bai Yujiao and Xia Xue on WeChat that the situation was very busy during this period and would give them messages if they had time.
As for the promise that Bai Yujiao had previously agreed to chat with her every day, I can't take care of that much for the time being.
The main reason is that the situation on Zhawa is different from that on Jeju Island and Champa Island.
Xia Yu looked at the places where ancient shipwrecks were found here, and they were all far away from the coastline.
It is basically a distance of dozens of nautical miles, and it is basically the same when fishermen fish, and then some porcelain and other things are discovered first, and then professional personnel, archaeological teams, or commercial salvage companies intervene. After confirming the location of the shipwreck in various aspects, they will be salvaged.
In the past, the relevant legal procedures were not so standardized, and salvage companies also took advantage of some loopholes.
But as everyone's understanding increases, it becomes difficult to get loopholes.
More often, local tricks will be given to the local government.
For example, in the 2000s, a shipwreck was found on the side of the hunt. The local government did not have the financial strength to carry out salvage, so it entrusts it to a commercial salvage company to complete it.
This has also determined the location of the shipwreck. The initial investment is still quite huge and the returns are not stable.
Coordination and communication between all aspects will cause trouble in distributing interests.
After the coordination was completed, the salvage company began to invest huge amounts of money and caused a lot of trouble when it was carried out.
Other salvage companies also want to intervene and want to get a share of the pie, so the situation becomes extremely complicated.
At one point, employees of the salvage company were arrested and charged and threw them into prison, saying that they were illegally salvaged.
It will be a few months later when these employees are taken out.
But this is not the end. After finally experiencing various twists and turns, after spending several years to salvage all the cultural relics on these wrecks, we face new problems.
When the government officials who supported this salvage work changed their term, they had another dispute after the new officials took office.
But this is not over yet. Not only did the salvage company's initial investment have no return, but it also caused all kinds of troubles and lawsuits.
I thought I could wait until the clouds were dispersed and the sunrise, and the final auction was ruined again.
Relevant departments require that institutions and members participating in the auction must first pay a high deposit, and within a short period of time.
They may think that this will allow you to select particularly powerful bidders.
As a result, due to poor publicity, several years have passed since the initial discovery of the shipwreck, to the later salvage, and then to the auction.
The popularity has long passed, and they are not doing well in their work and the conditions are harsh.
Unexpectedly, the auction failed.
But the preservation of these cultural relics still costs money and are expensive. Just renting a warehouse will cost a lot of money!
Maintenance of cultural relics, OK!
This is nothing at all...
Commercial salvage companies are not charitable, and they are also done like this. They are too late to stop losses, so they will invest more money to maintain or even repair them.
As a result, although the cultural relics on this wreck were salvaged, many of them were artificially damaged due to such magical operations.
To be continued...