# Yangzhou

A Veteran’s Quest to Rebuild China’s Lost Wooden Sailboats

A 30-year-old veteran and graduate student, Wu Haozhi, has reconstructed a traditional Chinese wooden sailboat type known as the "sigua paozi" after two years of archival research, sourcing rare timbers and enlisting elderly shipwrights. His efforts produced a museum-held vessel, a comprehensive local ship manual and 3D models, while spotlighting the broader risks facing orally transmitted maritime crafts.