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China Coast, Fujian
Quanzhou
Houzhu harbour foreshore
Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Wreck timberAlso reported: Eyes-only: harbour mud at low tide, Kaiyuan Temple ship hall.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Song-Yuan Citong, medieval world's great emporium; the 1974 Quanzhou ship with Indian Ocean cargo came out of this mud
Port history and shipwreck archaeology solidly documented; no published record of legal surface finds, treat as an eyes-only historic foreshore
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Tidal mudflatsWorking port traffic, fast-flooding channels
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