A junk (Chinese: 船; pinyin: chuán) is a type of Chinese sailing ship characterized by a central rudder, an overhanging flat transom, watertight bulkheads, and a flat-bottomed design. [1][2] They are also characteristically built using iron nails and clamps. [1]

其实在国外船舶制造研究者的笔下 chinese junk 才是中国帆船，泛指中国北方和长江流域的平底帆船（即沙船），而junk（福船， 鸟船，广船， 老闸船）是指环南中国海式的大型帆船。

A junk is a Chinese sailing vessel. The English name comes from Javanese djong (Malay: adjong), meaning 'ship' or 'large vessel'. Junks were originally developed during the Han Dynasty (220 B.C.E. –200 C.E.) and further evolved to represent one of …

2020年6月15日 · Junk is a type of ancient Chinese sailing ship that is still in use today. Junks were used as seagoing vessels as early as the 2nd century AD and developed rapidly during the Song Dynasty (960–1279). They evolved in the later dynasties, and were used throughout Asia for extensive ocean voyages.

2025年1月7日 · Chinese junk ships represent a unique confluence of ancient maritime technology and cultural heritage. Characterized by their flat bottoms and distinctive sail structures, these vessels have played a pivotal role in regional trade, fishing, and exploration throughout history.

Junks had many uses in ancient Chinese culture, including fishing, transportation, trading, warfare and the exploration of Southeast Asia. Along with its innovative rudder steering system, junks were built to withstand rough seas, to be easy to maneuver, and to move quickly.

2013年7月23日 · Chinese junks – variously sized trading and transportation ships used in Asia from the second century CE to the modern day – work by partnering a sturdy keelless hull with a versatile and mobile sail-plan, in order to generate a fast and highly stable sailing platform.

2016年10月16日 · Built from lightweight woods, with flat bottoms and bamboo-slatted masts, the junk epitomizes Chinese shipbuilding techniques. Read more about its origins below.

2013年8月7日 · The Chinese people have been sailing in junks of different designs for thousands of years. For centuries, ocean-going trading junks traveled between China and Southeast Asia, India, and in the 1400s, even as far as Africa. By that time Chinese junks were the largest, strongest, and most seaworthy ships in the world.

Largely forgotten, abandoned, rotting and on the verge of destruction, the Free China faced imminent destruction. The vision of the Chinese Junk Preservation: share the story of the Free China junk, preserve this historic vessel, and celebrate its unique historic, maritime and cultural significance, and most importantly, its journey home!