hipping AdministrationrnThe Shipping Administration refers to an administrative organization founded by the Qing Government in charge of navy military build up and the training of scientific and technological personnel. It was located in Mawei of Fujian Province. And today we're going to get some

understanding of China's shipbuilding history at the Shipbuilding Cultural Museum in Mawei. this shipbuilding cultural museum is surely worthy of its name! Even the museum's exterior looks like boats. You can tell it at first sight! This museum was designed to resemble two steamboats sailing side by side. It vividly demonstrates that Mawei was the cradle of China's modern shipbuilding industry. Why was Mawei chosen as the location of a shipyard? It is necessary to mention two of China's very famous figures at the time . This is Zuo Zongtangand that is Shen Baozhen.

They were both important officials of the late Qing Dynasty. For the sake of raising the country's industrial and military levels Zuo Zongtang proposed that the government build a shipyard. And after inspections, he found Mawei of Fujia to be an ideal place .Then he recommended Shen Baozhenbe in charge of this task. Shen Baozhen took five years and used more than 600 of land to build the largest ship in Asia at the time.

With this shipyard, China was able to make ships itself. From wooden boats to ironclad ships, to commercial and war vessels,most of China's steamboats were made at this shipyard. Look, there is a steamboat model over there. It's a replica of the Warship Kaiji, which was built in 1883. At that time, it was surely considered a very large warship. The building materials of this ship include iron and steel and wood. This ship is an ironclad wooden ship a transitional product。

But four to five years later, the Mawei Shipyard was able to make completely armored ships. According to what you said, this shipyard developed very quickly! It was only 20 years from the construction of this shipyard in 1867 to the launch of its first ironclad ship in 1887. Such a development speed was similar to that of the then developed countries Was there a secret for such a fast development speed? No, there wasn't any secret.

But it certainly had something to do with the shipping school founded by Shen Baozhen. what's on show here are some classroom scenes of this shipping school. Eh, there was even a foreign teacher giving a lecture! The shipping school adopted a Western teaching method. Even many teachers were invited from abroad The aim of this was to let the students master the most advanced scientific knowledge.. They need to master the most advanced knowledge. The shipping school enrolled 105 students. But only 39 were successfully graduated from the school. It was due to this strict standard that the graduate all became qualified professionals. Almost all the graduates from this shipping school left their names in modern Chinese history.

Thanks to their endeavors, the Mawei shipping culture was able to be carried forward and develop. Even China's first hydroplane was also made here. As Mawei had sound industrial equipment and adequate production facilities it was considered the most suitable place for making hydroplanes. The Mawei Shipyard has all of the necessary facilities. It seems that Mawei played an important, propelling role in China's modern industry. Now let's take a look together at today's Feast for the Eyes and together get into Mawei and its shipping culture.

Mawei was the cradle of China's shipbuilding industry. The Shipbuilding Culture Museum bears witness to the development of China's early shipbuilding industry. The former shipping school trained a big number of professional people， who made great contributions to China's modern industry. Mawei's shipbuilding culture also reflected the tumultuous years of the Chinese nation, leaving a significant chapter in Chinese history.q
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