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On December 28, the exhibition “Fujian Ship Zheng —— Self-improvement Movement in the late Qing Dynasty”, jointly sponsored by China Ship Administration Culture Museum and Jiaxing Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall, was officially exhibited on the exhibition hall on the first floor of the east deputy building of Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall.
In the middle and late 19th century, the western powers opened the door of China with strong ships and guns, and the national crisis became increasingly serious. People of insight are heartbroken and actively seek the way to enrich a rich country and strong soldiers. Lin Zexu and Wei Yuan “learn from Yi to control Yi” thought, the first. The Westernization movement then arose accordingly. In the fifth year of Emperor Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty (1866), Zuo Zongtang, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, chose the Mawei of Fuzhou to establish the ship administration. Adhering to the westernization program of “middle school for the body and western learning for the use”, Fujian shipping administration set up a bureau for shipbuilding, cultivating talents and building a navy, which greatly promoted the establishment and development of new industry and education in modern China, and became the target of modern Chinese industry and the cradle of modern navy.”Fujian ship —— the pioneer of the self-improvement movement” exhibition around the development of Fujian ship, by “founded ship”, “cultivating talents”, “industry” pioneer “,” the navy cradle ” composed of four parts, with rich pictures and historical data to reproduce the blood and fire history and Fujian ship in the contribution of the self-improvement movement. In addition, national precious cultural relics such as the file of qing Fujian ship administration, the graduate license of ship administration student Huang Jiliang, and a single-cylinder reciprocating steam engine prototype made in England in 1866 were exhibited simultaneously.
This exhibition enables the audience to know more about the ship administration culture, feel the history, cheer up their spirits, keep pace with The Times, and strive to devote themselves to the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.(Nanhu Revolutionary Memorial Hall in Jiaxing)