The significance of zheng he's voyage to the west.

The significance of Zheng He's voyage to the West;

1, the establishment of political order

In terms of diplomacy and military affairs, Zheng He made great achievements in his voyages to the West. While maintaining overall peace, Zheng He's fleet attacked the rule of Alekkunair in Sri Lanka's Ceylon country by force.

Destroy the usurped Sumatran monarch Su Ganla, punish the pirate Chen Zuyi, and foster the Xuanwei Department of the old port ruled by overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia.

2. Develop overseas trade.

Zheng He's voyage to the West changed the policy of banning the sea since Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, to a certain extent, and opened up overseas trade. Zheng He's voyages to the West included tribute trade, official trade and folk trade. Tribute trade is dominated by luxury goods.

3. Increase domestic output.

Zheng He's voyages to the West imported new craft products, raw materials and technologies for China, which affected the domestic handicraft production in China. For example, the reason why overseas hardwoods are hard and fine is because Zheng He went to the West to enter China, so that China craftsmen gradually accumulated rich experience in hardwood management.

In the production of ceramics in Ming Dynasty, craftsmen used Suma Li Qing imported from Zheng He's voyages to the West as colorant, which formed a harmonious and colorful blue-and-white style, and absorbed the factors of Islamic culture and Persian culture, resulting in new shapes and patterns.

4. Religious culture

Zheng He's voyage to the West promoted the spread of Islam in Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia, and the Chinese Chronicle of Semarang is considered as evidence in this respect.

As for the introduction of Islam, the sub-fleet of Zheng He's fleet once arrived in the Arabian Kingdom and brought back the photo album of the great mosque in that country, thus strengthening the ties between China and Islamic cultural areas.

Zheng He's fleet also spread Buddhism overseas, and the Buddhist temple tablet on Mount Ceylon in Busch is an example. It is also speculated that Taoism, represented by Tian Fei's belief, also spread overseas with Zheng He's fleet.

5. Expand the tribute system.

During Zheng He's voyage to the West, Zheng He's fleet showed the political and military advantages of the Ming Empire, and with the stimulation of economic interests, the scale of the tribute system led by the Ming court was greatly expanded, which was a non-hegemonic international political system. Zheng He was also regarded as the messenger of peace in Ming Dynasty.

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