![A view of an excavation at the Huangsipu ruins in Yangshe Town, Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, April 2, 2019. Archaeologists have agreed the ruins are where Jianzhen, a Buddhist monk in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), set off to visit Japan in his sixth, and also final, attempt to do so. Nanjing Museum has organized six excavations at the site since 2008, discovering remains of a bridge, a house and a well dating back to the Tang and Song dynasties. Huangsipu is considered to have been an important port on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. (Photo: China News Service/Zhong Sheng)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2019/04/03/2f853a2e048e445c8d62aca89286db56.jpg)
A view of an excavation at the Huangsipu ruins in Yangshe Town, Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, April 2, 2019. Archaeologists have agreed the ruins are where Jianzhen, a Buddhist monk in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), set off to visit Japan in his sixth, and also final, attempt to do so. Nanjing Museum has organized six excavations at the site since 2008, discovering remains of a bridge, a house and a well dating back to the Tang and Song dynasties. Huangsipu is considered to have been an important port on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. (Photo: China News Service/Zhong Sheng)
![A view of an excavation at the Huangsipu ruins in Yangshe Town, Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, April 2, 2019. Archaeologists have agreed the ruins are where Jianzhen, a Buddhist monk in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), set off to visit Japan in his sixth, and also final, attempt to do so. Nanjing Museum has organized six excavations at the site since 2008, discovering remains of a bridge, a house and a well dating back to the Tang and Song dynasties. Huangsipu is considered to have been an important port on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. (Photo: China News Service/Zhong Sheng)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2019/04/03/f9cc21d33d0f4ed9a75fe26114c7ace9.jpg)
A view of an excavation at the Huangsipu ruins in Yangshe Town, Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, April 2, 2019. Archaeologists have agreed the ruins are where Jianzhen, a Buddhist monk in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), set off to visit Japan in his sixth, and also final, attempt to do so. Nanjing Museum has organized six excavations at the site since 2008, discovering remains of a bridge, a house and a well dating back to the Tang and Song dynasties. Huangsipu is considered to have been an important port on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. (Photo: China News Service/Zhong Sheng)
![A view of an excavation at the Huangsipu ruins in Yangshe Town, Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, April 2, 2019. Archaeologists have agreed the ruins are where Jianzhen, a Buddhist monk in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), set off to visit Japan in his sixth, and also final, attempt to do so. Nanjing Museum has organized six excavations at the site since 2008, discovering remains of a bridge, a house and a well dating back to the Tang and Song dynasties. Huangsipu is considered to have been an important port on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. (Photo: China News Service/Zhong Sheng)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2019/04/03/ef53c5fa218843ba8f48a401e3c1b75b.jpg)
A view of an excavation at the Huangsipu ruins in Yangshe Town, Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, April 2, 2019. Archaeologists have agreed the ruins are where Jianzhen, a Buddhist monk in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), set off to visit Japan in his sixth, and also final, attempt to do so. Nanjing Museum has organized six excavations at the site since 2008, discovering remains of a bridge, a house and a well dating back to the Tang and Song dynasties. Huangsipu is considered to have been an important port on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. (Photo: China News Service/Zhong Sheng)
![The remains of a stone bridge are seen at the Huangsipu ruins in Yangshe Town, Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, April 2, 2019. Archaeologists have agreed the ruins are where Jianzhen, a Buddhist monk in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), set off to visit Japan in his sixth, and also final, attempt to do so. Nanjing Museum has organized six excavations at the site since 2008, discovering remains of a bridge, a house and a well dating back to the Tang and Song dynasties. Huangsipu is considered to have been an important port on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. (Photo: China News Service/Zhong Sheng)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2019/04/03/65cb5c4649634e35a65f4ea0cde1d327.jpg)
The remains of a stone bridge are seen at the Huangsipu ruins in Yangshe Town, Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, April 2, 2019. Archaeologists have agreed the ruins are where Jianzhen, a Buddhist monk in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), set off to visit Japan in his sixth, and also final, attempt to do so. Nanjing Museum has organized six excavations at the site since 2008, discovering remains of a bridge, a house and a well dating back to the Tang and Song dynasties. Huangsipu is considered to have been an important port on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. (Photo: China News Service/Zhong Sheng)
![A view of an excavation at the Huangsipu ruins in Yangshe Town, Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, April 2, 2019. Archaeologists have agreed the ruins are where Jianzhen, a Buddhist monk in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), set off to visit Japan in his sixth, and also final, attempt to do so. Nanjing Museum has organized six excavations at the site since 2008, discovering remains of a bridge, a house and a well dating back to the Tang and Song dynasties. Huangsipu is considered to have been an important port on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. (Photo: China News Service/Zhong Sheng)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2019/04/03/f11c8a7e98fd45f992f893b58f95000a.jpg)
A view of an excavation at the Huangsipu ruins in Yangshe Town, Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, April 2, 2019. Archaeologists have agreed the ruins are where Jianzhen, a Buddhist monk in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), set off to visit Japan in his sixth, and also final, attempt to do so. Nanjing Museum has organized six excavations at the site since 2008, discovering remains of a bridge, a house and a well dating back to the Tang and Song dynasties. Huangsipu is considered to have been an important port on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. (Photo: China News Service/Zhong Sheng)