2019国情与文化教育系列讲座：海底沉船与海上丝绸之路

Reporter主讲人：  Dr. Zhaoyang ZHANG 张朝阳 博士

Date & Time时间： 18:30-20:30，Thursday, September 19th, 2019

2019年9月19日周四18:30-20:30（请提前10分钟入场）

Venue地点：     (CBPM C119)

张朝阳教授简介：

张朝阳，男，加州大学伯克利分校历史学博士（2010年），现为上海交通大学人文学院历史系副教授。研究兴趣广泛，主要关注中国古代史，中外交流史，研究成果丰硕。在国内外学术期刊发表论文30余篇，出版专著一本，承担国家和上海市社科项目多项，英文课程“中外文化交流两千年”获“上海市高校外国留学生英文授课示范性课程”称号。

Profile：

Zhaoyang Zhang received his Ph.D. in history from University of California at Berkeley (2010) and is currently an associate professor in Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.  He has published about 30 articles in leading academic journals and conducted a number of important research projects.  He has very broad research interests: so far, most of his works focus on early history of China, while he also pays attention to other aspects of China’s past.

讲座内容简介：

历史上的海上丝绸之路由中国沿海一直延伸到西亚、北非和东非，对世界文明产生过巨大的影响。本讲座将介绍最具有代表性的有关考古发现。

A）广东阳江“南海一号”宋代沉船载有类型丰富、产地多元化的外贸瓷器，说明了宋代对外贸易的繁荣；

B）印度尼西亚水域发现的唐代沉船-黑石号装满了中国瓷器，器物上有阿拉伯铭文、唐诗、佛教吉祥图案，显示出多元的文化品位，展示了文化、信仰、技术和语言，如何经由贸易从一个地区传播到另一个地区；

C) 埃及中世纪遗址福斯塔特发现一万余片唐代-明代中国瓷器碎片，见证了中国与阿拉伯的贸易历史——中国瓷器成为当时地中海一带的高端消费品，引领了当地的时尚。

古代海上丝绸之路的历史，可以使我们了解到国际商业是如何发展起来的、商业的结构是如何形成的，对于鼓励不同文化之间的交流和贸易有着重要的参考意义。

Brief introduction of the lecture:

Historically, the Maritime Silk Road extends from the coastal China to West Asia, North Africa and East Africa, which has had a great impact on world civilization. This lecture will introduce the most representative archaeological discoveries.

1. A) The sunken ship “Nanhai No. 1” , discovered in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province, in the Song Dynasty, contained various types of foreign trade porcelain with diversified origins, which illustrated the prosperity of foreign trade in the Song Dynasty.
2. B) The sunken ship “Black Stone” in the Tang Dynasty, found in Indonesian waters, was filled with Chinese porcelain. The porcelain diversified with Arabic inscriptions, Tang poems and Buddhist auspicious patterns, showing pluralism of Tang Dynasty. Also, the ship shows how culture, belief, technology and language can be spread from one region to another through trade and merchandise.
3. C) More than 10,000 pieces of Tang-Ming Chinese porcelain fragments were found at the Egyptian medieval site of Forstadt, which witnessed the history of trade between China and Arab countries. Chinese porcelain became the most popular luxuries in Mediterranean area and was leading the local fashion.

The history of the ancient Maritime Silk Road can help us understand how international commerce developed and how the commercial structure formed. It has important reference significance for encouraging the exchange and trade between different cultures.