Baiheliang Museum Reopened to the Public【 2010-05-18 】
The Baiheliang Underwater Museum re-opened to the public this April. Its opening hour is from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. each day and each ticket is 50 yuan.
Baiheliang Ancient Hydrological Inscription【 2010-05-18 】
Baiheliang (White Crane Ridge) is located in middle of the Changjiang River north to Fuling City, Chongqing. The name comes from cranes which used to gather on the stone ridge in the past. The stone ridge is 1600 m long and about 25 m wide, approximately parallel to the south bank. It is submerged under the water all year round and only appears during the low water season of the river in winter.
Picture Stories of Historical Underwater Museum in Chongqing【 2010-05-18 】
One picture taken on April 25, 2006 shows an inside view of the Baiheliang Underwater Museum in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.
Baiheliang: Ancient Hydrologic Station【 2010-05-18 】
Few rivers around the world possess a thousand-year hydrological record except the Baiheliang on the Yangtze River. Baiheliang (White Crane Ridge), now submerged under Three Gorges Reservoir water, carries the earliest and lowest water hydrological inscriptions, which record 1,200 consecutive years of water level changes.
Relics Recovered from Nan'ao No.1【 2010-05-18 】
Three years ago, local fishermen accidentally pulled up some porcelain while fishing off the coast of Shantou, close to Nan'ao Island.Studies from archaeologists proved they were from the Ming Dynasty. And the type sold abroad by a merchant vessel. The vessel was later located and named Nan'ao Number One.
Underwater archeology in China: From exploration into comprehensive protection of relics【 2010-05-18 】
Underwater archeology research in China has developed from exploration into the comprehensive protection of relics in the past two decades.The wreck of the ancient merchant ship "Nanhai One" was discovered in the waters of Yangjiang in Guangdong Province in 1987. Archeologists positioned the vessel and retrieved more than 4,000 items in 2002.
