| Running from tomorrow (February 22) until May 15 at the Hong Kong Museum of History, "Sailing West: Admiral Zheng He's Voyages" exhibition features more than 60 precious artefacts and 100 photographs associated with Zheng He's voyages, reviewing the most remarkable chapter in China's maritime history. Pictured shows one of the exhibits, "Zheng He Bronze Bell". In the sixth year of the Xuande reign (1431), Zheng He was ordered to sail to the West for the seventh time. Before departing he stayed in Changle in Fujian Province, waiting for the winter winds. During his stay Zheng had a bronze bell made in Nanping to bless the explorer at sea. |
