Salvage of China's largest wooden shipwreck begins(1/3)

Porcelain wares found on the Yangtze No. 2 shipwreck are on display at Chongming District Museum in Shanghai. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Salvage of Yangtze No. 2, a 160-year-old shipwreck, the largest and best-preserved wooden shipwreck began on Wednesday, March 2, 2022.

This sunken ship, with a large number of cultural relics, was a merchant vessel during the reign of Emperor Tongzhi (1862-1875) in the Qing Dynasty period. The ship is about 38.5 meters long and 7.8 meters at its widest in the middle. It has 31 cabins and is loaded with exquisite cultural relics such as porcelain made in Jingdezhen, a world-famous "porcelain capital" in east China's Jiangxi Province.

Porcelain wares found on the Yangtze No. 2 shipwreck are on display at Chongming District Museum in Shanghai. (Photo provided to China News Service)

Logs found on the shipwreck are on display at Chongming District Museum in Shanghai. (Photo provided to China News Service)