Ships in Shipu Fishing Port. /停泊在石浦漁港的船只。 [Photo by Tang Yan] 唐嚴攝

　　By Xu Zhuowei

　　Located in Xiangshan, Ningbo and a well-known haven on the southeast coast of China, the Shipu Fishing Port is a crescent-shaped harbour that can accommodate tens of thousands of fishing boats.

　　石浦漁港位于寧波市象山縣，為“月牙”狀港灣，可泊萬艘漁船，是東南沿海著名的避風良港。

　　With more than six centuries of history, the ancient Shipu City has been home to generations of fishing communities who have created and preserved rich fishing culture and customs in their sea-based livelihood. There are many old houses and historic sites in Shipu old streets, where the traces of life left by the ancestors in the fishing port are vividly remembered.

　　600余年歷史的石浦漁港古城，蘊含廣博的漁文化和漁風情，居民世世代代以海為生。在石浦老街上有不少老宅和古跡，漁港先人留下的生活痕跡歷歷在目。

　　Shipu is one of the earliest cradles of marine fisheries in China. As early as in the Qin and Han dynasties, the ancestors started to fish and hunt here. It grew to be a renowned fishing port and coastal defence fortress in the Tang and Song dynasties. Today, Shipu is a national Class II open port, the No.1 fishery town in China, and a recognized historical and cultural town in Zhejiang Province.

　　石浦是中國最早海洋漁業(yè)發(fā)祥地之一，秦漢時即有先民在此漁獵生息，唐宋時已成為遠近聞名的漁商埠，海防要塞。如今，石浦是國家二類開放口岸、全國漁業(yè)第一鎮(zhèn)、浙江省首批歷史文化名鎮(zhèn)。