Junk (ship)
A junk is an ancient Chinese sailing vessel/ship design. It is still in use today. Junks were created during the Song Dynasty (960-1129)[1] They were used during the 2nd century. They were found throughout South East Asia and India. They were mostly found in China and most famously in Hong Kong.
Junk (ship) Media
Junks in Guangzhou, photograph c. 1880 by Lai Afong
Early European illustration of Southeast Asian djongs and other smaller craft (D'Eerste Boeck, c. 1599), note the double rudders which distinguished Southeast Asian ships from the Chinese chuán which had a central rudder
The Kangxi Emperor (r. 1654–1722) on a tour, seated prominently on the deck of a junk ship
Junk near Hong Kong, circa 1880
Chinese Trading Junk, Guangzhou, 1823
A junk Sin Tong Heng and a lorcha Tek Hwa Seng in the Dutch East Indies (1936)
A modern junk in La Rochelle in 2009
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References
- ↑ Crossley, Pamela Kyle, Daniel R. Headrick, Steven W. Hirsch, Lyman L. Johnson, and David Northrup. "Song Industries." The Earth and Its Peoples. By Richard W. Bulliet. 4th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008. 279-80. Print.
