汕头早在清咸丰十年(1860年)开埠前后,就是举世瞩目的海洋强港。其港口来往船只总吨数居上海、天津、大连、汉口、青岛、广州之后,排行第七。其黄金时期,仅次于上海、广州,高居全国第三,被称为“中国通商第四口岸”。古代从汕头出口的瓷器,被外界称为“汕头器”。2007年5月下旬,在广东省汕头市南澳县云澳镇“三点金”海面发现“南澳一号”沉船。六七月间,广东省文物考古研究所组织专业水下考古工作队对“南澳一号”进行调查和试掘,2008年由该所水下考古研究 Shantou back in the Qing Xianfeng decade (1860) before and after the opening is the world’s strong ocean port. The total tonnage of vessels coming and going from the port ranks seventh in Shanghai, Tianjin, Dalian, Hankou, Qingdao and Guangzhou. Its prime time, second only to Shanghai, Guangzhou, ranking third in the country, known as the “fourth port of China Trade”. Ancient porcelain exports from Shantou, was called “Shantou device ”. In late May 2007, a shipwreck was found in the sea of ​​“Three Golds” in the town of Yun’ao, Nan’ao County, Shantou City, Guangdong Province. In June and July, the Guangdong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archeology organized a team of professional underwater archeology to conduct a survey and trial excavation on “No. 1 Nanao”. In 2008,