海上丝绸之路的起点站--双屿港

明代宁波府郭巨所属下的双屿港,是海上丝绸之路的起点站,16世纪的东方海上明珠.曾有市政厅、教堂、医院及1000幢民居,人口3000以上.在港城仅葡萄牙人的贸易额就为300万葡萄牙金币.双屿港还几乎垄断了日本、琉球的对华贸易,成为远东繁华的国际贸易港.丝绸、瓷器的大量出超,换回巨额白银,使白银成为中国的流通货币.浙江巡抚朱纨用兵荡平双屿,给海上丝绸之路留下最惨痛的一页.

The Starting Point of the Silk Road on the Sea--Shuangyu Harbor

Shuangyu harbor, which belonged to Guoju of Ningbo County in Ming Dynasty, was the starting point of the Silk Road on the sea and the orient pearl in 16th century. There once existed a city hall, a church and 1000 residential houses. The population was over 3000. In the harbor, the trade amount with Portuguese only reached 3, 000, 000 Portuguese gold coins. Shuangyu harbor even almost monopolized the trade of Japan and Liu Qiu with China and became a prosperous world trade harbor in the fast east. The great export of silk and china got large amount of silver in return and made silver as the currency in China. Zhu Wan, an official in Zhejiang, looted Shanghu with army, leaving the Silk Road on the sea a disastrous time.