Chinese archaeologists have found more than 180，000 relics from an ancient merchant ship from the Song Dynasty.

Found in 1987 and salvaged in 2007， the Nanhai （South China Sea） No. 1 is now preserved at the Maritime Silk Road Museum on Hailing Island of Yangjiang， south Chinas Guangdong Province. The salvage， excavation and protection of the Nanhai No. 1 form an epitome of the rapid development of Chinas underwater archaeology over the past 30 years.

南海一號被发现于1987年，之后于2007年被打捞出水，现保存于广东省阳江市海陵岛海上丝绸之路博物馆。南海一号的打捞、发掘和保护，是近30年来中国水下考古快速发展的缩影。