The kids and I visited this boat and met with the crew today. We are studying European Explorers. This was as close as we come to seeing how ships were made in the day, even if it a different side of the world the kids got a good idea how things were on a ship in 14-1500s.
Beautiful Princess
In the year 2002, Taiwan Sailing Explorer Nelson Liu went to China searching for a dream owned by all Chinese around the world. The dream is that a genius Chinese sailing ship can sail to Western Harbour and he can share the beauty of Chinese Ships to the world.
6 years past, difficulty and obstruction did not stop him . In all these years, from searching the craftsmanship to building the ship, he conquered all kind of difficulties and followed ancient methods strictly to build the first Chinese ship Replica-Princess TaiPing. On Apr 2008, Princess TaiPing had a trial voyage from Xiamen to Hong Kong and accepted Hong Kong Maritime Museum’s invitation to have public visiting in Hong Kong. After the final adjustment, she had he final trial voyage from Hong Kong to Taiwan. On 24th Jun, 2008, Princess TaiPing launched her expedition form Taiwan via Okinawa and Japan to the Americas.
The trail of building Princess TaiPing is full of thistles and thorns. Nelson took 3 years to find the evidence in ancient books. Then he had a field research of the craftsmanship for another year. On Jan, 2007, finally, building of Princess TaiPing can be stared, but on Feb, Nelson found that there are bolts and nuts on the ship shell of Princess TaiPing, because the carpenters did not follow the ancient method to do their job. The main mast took them another 3 months to find. After that, the carpenters went really slow at building the ship for 4 months. Being reluctant to wait, Nelson decided to hire other carpenters by himself. After the trial sail to Hong Kong, Princess TaiPing was overhaul
However, the real valuable memories are many generous people willing help Princess TaiPing. Friends in Xiamen, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan help Nelson to fulfill his dream.
We believe that the real beauty of Princess TaiPing is not the high art of craftsmanship or the magnificence of the voyage, but the endeavor of ordinary people just like you and me and the generosity of friends around the world.
Princess TaiPing is not only Nelson’s dream, but also a dream of people who believe the power of dream and good will. A carrot, a hammer, a cup of tea make the dream of Princess TaiPing come true. This magnificent beauty build the ship and made the achievement to launch the Princess TaiPing’s voyage.
In the year 2002, Taiwan Sailing Explorer Nelson Liu went to China searching for a dream owned by all Chinese around the world. The dream is that a genius Chinese sailing ship can sail to Western Harbour and he can share the beauty of Chinese Ships to the world.
6 years past, difficulty and obstruction did not stop him . In all these years, from searching the craftsmanship to building the ship, he conquered all kind of difficulties and followed ancient methods strictly to build the first Chinese ship Replica-Princess TaiPing. On Apr 2008, Princess TaiPing had a trial voyage from Xiamen to Hong Kong and accepted Hong Kong Maritime Museum’s invitation to have public visiting in Hong Kong. After the final adjustment, she had he final trial voyage from Hong Kong to Taiwan. On 24th Jun, 2008, Princess TaiPing launched her expedition form Taiwan via Okinawa and Japan to the Americas.
The trail of building Princess TaiPing is full of thistles and thorns. Nelson took 3 years to find the evidence in ancient books. Then he had a field research of the craftsmanship for another year. On Jan, 2007, finally, building of Princess TaiPing can be stared, but on Feb, Nelson found that there are bolts and nuts on the ship shell of Princess TaiPing, because the carpenters did not follow the ancient method to do their job. The main mast took them another 3 months to find. After that, the carpenters went really slow at building the ship for 4 months. Being reluctant to wait, Nelson decided to hire other carpenters by himself. After the trial sail to Hong Kong, Princess TaiPing was overhaul
However, the real valuable memories are many generous people willing help Princess TaiPing. Friends in Xiamen, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan help Nelson to fulfill his dream.
We believe that the real beauty of Princess TaiPing is not the high art of craftsmanship or the magnificence of the voyage, but the endeavor of ordinary people just like you and me and the generosity of friends around the world.
Princess TaiPing is not only Nelson’s dream, but also a dream of people who believe the power of dream and good will. A carrot, a hammer, a cup of tea make the dream of Princess TaiPing come true. This magnificent beauty build the ship and made the achievement to launch the Princess TaiPing’s voyage.
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