Ukumba kuqala ekuphahlazekeni komkhumbi wasendulo

I-Shanghai imemezele ukuqala kokumbiwa kwemivubukulo yendawo okuphahlazeke umkhumbi kuyo ngasemfuleni iYangtze River ngoLwesithathu.

Ukuphahlazeka komkhumbi, okwaziwa nge-Boat No 2 ku-Yangtze River Mouth, "inkulu futhi igcinwe kahle kakhulu, inenani elikhulu lezinsalela zamasiko ezitholakala emivubukulweni yaseChina engaphansi kwamanzi", kusho uFang Shizhong, umqondisi we-Shanghai Municipal Administration for Culture and Tourism.

Umkhumbi wabathengisi, owasukela ngesikhathi sokubusa kuka-Emperor Tongzhi (1862-1875) e-Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), uhlezi ngamamitha angu-5.5 ngaphansi kombhede wolwandle endaweni esenyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Hengsha Island esifundeni saseChongming.

Abavubukuli bathola ukuthi isikebhe sicishe sibe ngamamitha angu-38,5 ubude namamitha angu-7,8 ububanzi ububanzi baso. Kutholwe amakamelo ezimpahla angu-31, "nezinqwaba zezinto zobumba ezenziwe eJingdezhen, esifundazweni saseJiangxi, nezinto zobumba ezinsomi zase-Yixing, esifundazweni saseJiangsu," kusho uZhai Yang, isekela lomqondisi weShanghai Centre for the Protection and Research of Cultural Relics.

I-Shanghai Municipal Cultural Heritage Administration yaqala ukwenza ucwaningo lwamagugu angaphansi kwamanzi edolobha ngo-2011, kanti ukuphahlazeka komkhumbi kwatholakala ngo-2015.

Amanzi anodaka, izimo eziyinkimbinkimbi ezingaphansi kolwandle, kanye nokuhamba kwezimoto olwandle okumatasa kwaletha izinselele ekuphenyweni nasekumbiweni kwesikebhe, kusho uZhou Dongrong, isekela lomqondisi wehhovisi loMnyango WezokuThutha e-Shanghai salvage. I-bureau yamukela ubuchwepheshe bokumba umhubhe oqhutshwa isihlangu, owawusetshenziswa kakhulu ekwakhiweni kwemizila yesitimela engaphansi kwe-Shanghai, futhi wawuhlanganisa nohlelo olusha oluhlanganisa imishayo engu-22 emise okwe-arch ezofinyelela ngaphansi kokuphahlazeka komkhumbi futhi iwukhiphe emanzini, kanye nodaka ngaphandle kokunamathisela umzimba wezinto.

Iphrojekthi enjalo emisha "ibonisa intuthuko yokubambisana ekuvikelweni kweChina kwezinsalela zayo zamasiko kanye nokuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe", kusho uWang Wei, umongameli we-Chinese Archaeological Society.

Ukumba kulindeleke ukuthi kuqedwe ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka, lapho konke ukuphahlazeka komkhumbi kuzofakwa emkhunjini wokuhlenga bese uyiswa ebhange loMfula iHuangpu esifundeni saseYangpu. Kuzokwakhiwa umnyuziyamu wasolwandle lapho okuzophahlazeka khona umkhumbi, lapho impahla, isakhiwo sesikebhe ngisho nodaka oluxhunywe kuso kuzoba yizihloko zocwaningo lwemivubukulo, uZhai utshele abezindaba ngoLwesibili.

UFang uthe kuyicala lokuqala eChina lapho kumbiwa, ucwaningo nokwakhiwa kwemnyuziyamu kwenziwa kanyekanye ukuze kuphahlazeke umkhumbi.

"Ukuphahlazeka komkhumbi kuwubufakazi obubonakalayo obubonisa indima yomlando ye-Shanghai njengesikhungo semikhumbi nokuhweba sase-East Asia, ngisho nomhlaba wonke," esho. "Ukutholwa kwayo okubalulekile kwemivubukulo kwakhulisa ukuqonda kwethu umlando, futhi kwenza izigcawu zomlando zaphila."