China Shipping Culture Theme Park Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

Fuzhou Mawei has a long history. It is not only a famous trading port and a famous hometown of overseas Chinese at home and abroad, but also the cradle of China’s modern navy and the birthplace of China’s modern aviation industry. The China Shipbuilding Culture Theme Park takes the shipbuilding culture in the late Qing Dynasty as its theme. Including the China Shipbuilding Culture Museum, Zhaozhong Temple (Majiang Naval Battle Memorial Hall), Mawei Shipyard, Luoxing Tower and other sites or museums related to shipping and naval battles, it is a place where visitors can review history, recall the past and reflect on the present. A memorial park for forgetting national humiliation.

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In 1866 (the fifth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty), Zuo Zongtang, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, founded the Fujian Shipping Administration in Mawei, Fuzhou, and vigorously carried out a series of activities such as building shipyards, building warships, manufacturing aircraft, running schools, attracting talents, and sending students to study abroad. The "Enrich the Country and Strengthen the Army" campaign has cultivated and created a group of outstanding Chinese modern industrial technical talents and outstanding naval officers. They were active in various fields such as military, culture, science and technology, diplomacy, and economy in modern China. They introduced advanced Western technology, spread Chinese and Western culture, and promoted the birth of modern industries such as shipbuilding, electric lighting, telecommunications, railway transportation, and aircraft manufacturing in China. and development; they faced powerful enemies, argued with each other at the negotiation table, fought bloody battles on the battlefield, and sacrificed their lives generously. For the first time, a generation of national elites and patriots such as Lin Zexu, Yan Fu, Zhan Tianyou, and Deng Shichang made the world understand the backbone, wisdom, and strength of Fuzhou people.
Although due to the limitations of the times, the glory of Fuzhou Mawei Fujian Shipping only lasted for more than 40 years, in the span of history, it has demonstrated the richness of modern China's advanced technology, higher education, industrial manufacturing, and the translation and dissemination of Western classic culture. As a result, "shipping culture" is not only the historical pride of Fuzhou people that has been cultivated for hundreds of years, but also a spiritual treasure passed down from generation to generation of the Chinese nation.

Scenic spot qualifications:

National 4A-level scenic spot

Scenic spot features:

Modern history, cultural tourism, shipping culture, museums, theme parks