page_title: Quanzhou Maritime Museum
section_title: Rare collections
hierarchical_section_title: Quanzhou Maritime Museum / Rare collections
caption_attribution_description: English: Quanzhou Boat, preserved in a special pavilion (a branch of the Quanzhou Overseas Relations Museum) on the grounds of Kaiyuan Temple, Quanzhou 中文: 泉州湾后渚港海滩发掘出土的宋代海船。陈列在泉州开元寺东侧的陈列馆。
context_page_description: The Quanzhou Maritime Museum in the Fengze District of Quanzhou, Fujian, is the only museum in China specialising in overseas relations. Established in 1959, through its comprehensive and valuable display of historical relics relating to overseas transportation, the museum reflects the development history of the major Eastern port of the Middle Ages—Citong or Zaytun. It also showcases the important role that Quanzhou played in economic and cultural exchanges with foreign countries.
context_section_description: Among the exhibits of particular interest are:
  The Quanzhou ship: A Song Dynasty (960–1279) ship unearthed in 1974.
  Stone stelae and tombstones with religious inscriptions. Besides Buddhist ones, there are Islamic, Christian, and Hindu specimens.
  Export ceramics: the Dehua porcelain is of particular value.
  Ancient navigation equipment: such as a four-claw anchor (四爪铁锚) dating to the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644)
caption: The Quanzhou ship being housed in the Quanzhou Maritime Museum
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