The initial port of the ancient Silk Road

It is located in the northwest of the northern port of the ferry of Guangdong-Hainan Railway. Around the region of Erqiao, Nanwan and Shiwei Villages there was the Xunwen County set up in 111 AD in Western Han Kingdom. The site covers an area of 25,000 square meters, where has unearthed relics of brick, tile, bronze ware, porcelain, Pearls and ornaments, etc. In November 1993 and December 2002 to January 2003 the provincial archeological institution, municipal museum and the Cultural Administration of Xunwen County jointly made the large-scale exploration after the approval of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and checked that the site was of the early Western Han Kingdom. In November 2001 the Counselor's Office of Guangdong Province, Pearl River Cultural Research Association, Cultural and History Exhibition Hall and the government of Zhanjiang City jointly held the large-scale symposium of South Chinese Port and Marine Silk Road. The expert group again made an investigation on spot and confirmed that the port was the beginning of marine Silk Road of Han Kingdom.