by Raemin Zhang
Zheng He's flagship was high-tech in the 15th century, and remains pretty impressive today.
While China is sending thousands of tourists aboard luxury cruises to explore the mysterious shores of foreign lands, the country hasn't forgotten its past triumphs of marine navigation.
Treasure Boat Shipyard Site Park (????????), which stands on the site where China?s great mariner Zheng He (??) oversaw his fleet's construction more than 600 years ago, reopened early this month in the former capital Nanjing, according to Xinhua.
Zheng He, or Cheng Ho, was a Muslim Hui Chinese sometimes called China's maritime Marco Polo. A eunuch, he led seven voyages of exploration as far away as Africa and the Middle East in the 15th century.
First opened in 2005, the Treasure Boat Shipyard Site Park commemorated the 600th anniversary of Admiral Zheng?s first expedition in 1405.
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