The seminar was chaired by the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Hoi An Cultural Heritage Conservation Management Center with the participation of many conservationists, archaeologists and experienced officials in the management and conservation of cultural heritages in Hoi An and Da Nang. Delegates will conduct a field survey before the seminar in Hoi An.
After the flood, then storm No. 13 caused big waves, at Tan Thanh beach, Hoi An, the frame of a wooden ship appeared. This is also the remains of an ancient ship that was "exposed" due to coastal erosion at the end of 2023. The authorities of Hoi An Tay ward and experts from the Hoi An Cultural Heritage Conservation Management Center were present, surveying, measuring, and protecting the site. At the same time, propagate and disseminate legal regulations on protecting underwater cultural heritage so that people can join hands to preserve it.
However, just like the previous discovery, the sea sand has gradually filled the remains of this ancient ship.
However, every day there are many people, tourists, and curious people coming to watch. Many opinions suggest that the cultural sector needs to take concrete and quick action to protect this special relic.
Since the first discovery - in 2023, the Hoi An Cultural Heritage Conservation Management Center and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Ho Chi Minh City have surveyed and given initial research results: The ship is elaborately crafted, with large iron nails and wooden blades, iron nails, round body holes, sturdy structure, good wood quality, and preserved quite intact. This area has also discovered many pieces of Chinese purple flower porcelain dating back to the 17th - 18th centuries. Conclusion: This is likely a foreign ship that sank while sailing through Cua Dai sea area.
The appearance of an ancient ship hundreds of years old is a vivid testament to a Hoi An open port that was formed and flourished from the 15th - 17th centuries. This discovery is still a gift that the past sent to Hoi An. If we soon salvage, preserve and display and introduce them, it will not only make a "fence" of more materials and artifacts for the museum, attracting tourists, but also a vivid, intuitive historical lesson for the younger generation about Hoi An port, about the land associated with a historical period of the country.
