Historical evolution of Patai Island

According to the clear records in China's history books, Zheng He led the fleet to the Western Ocean seven times and visited more than 30 countries and regions in Asia and Africa.

As far away as Marin (now Malindi, Kenya) and Mambasa (now Mombasa, Kenya) south of the equator on the east coast of Africa. . According to local legend, 600 years ago, a China merchant ship ran aground and sank in the waters near Lamu. More than 20 people on board climbed Patai Island to survive and came to Shangjia Village on the island. Shangjia village flourished from 14 to 16 century, and was invaded by Portuguese colonists.

1405 1 1 In July (the third year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty), Ming Taizu Chengzu ordered Zheng He to lead a huge fleet of more than 240 seagoing ships and 27,400 crew members to sail and visited more than 30 countries and regions in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean, which deepened the friendly relations between China and Southeast Asia and East Africa. Every time I set out from Liujiagang, Suzhou, I have to sail seven times. On his last trip home, Zheng He died in Coetzee Cote, on the west coast of southern India, at the beginning of April 1433.

/kloc-in the 0 th and 7 th centuries, Shangjia Village was destroyed by tribal struggles. Unfortunately, the physical evidence that many China people settled here was completely destroyed. The descendants of China sailors went far away. Some moved to the distant African continent, and some moved to Xiyou Village, which is about 0/0 km away from Shangjia Village/Kloc-0. There is a strange cemetery outside Xiyou Village. This cemetery is very different from that of Muslims. It is not Mecca in the northwest, but China in the northeast. It has no stone pillars and Arabic inscriptions in Muslim cemeteries. Instead, the tomb wall is inlaid with beautiful porcelain. Unfortunately, most of the porcelain on the tomb wall was stolen.