Report from (reporters Zhang Ran) “Zheng He’s fleet passing through kenniyalamu Islands when a boat sank, some crew members remain with, and their descendants still live in a small village on the island. “The distant legends in Kenya and Southeast Asia is quite popular. With doubt, underwater archaeology team set sail last year, the Chinese side for away, help kenniyalamu Islands area through underwater and on land of cultural relics, ruins and relics visits, discovering in the process of trying to decipher the history mysteries. At present, China underwater archaeology staff said, after much investigation, impartial cooperation of underwater archaeology in the first years are not aware of Zheng He’s fleet wreck clues. Next month, Chinese underwater archaeology team in Kenya a number of underwater archaeological projects.

　　Save descent is official confirmation

　　Zheng He’s fleet in the kenniyalamu Islands region in the legend of the sunken ship, crew escape on the boat to the island, they taught the locals how to arable land farming, Knotted netting to catch fish. Subsequently, they settled down, and marriage between locals, generation reproduction ever since. In 2005, the girl claiming to be yet another islands of Lamu Ke Ming dynasty navigator Zheng He’s fleet led by descendants of the crew, came to China “root-seeking asked progenitor”. In this regard, Kenya National Museum by curator has confirmed, Lamu Ke Islands area indeed has keep Chinese traditional customs of the village.

　　Descendants of villages lack a scientific basis

　　One Chinese individuals on underwater archaeology, based on last year’s field trip, this assertion there is no scientific basis. He describes, locals despite Chinese similarities, some sites do have a Chinese porcelain found in the area, but these are not enough to support a conclusion. Key problem is that Chinese underwater archaeology team to research, is not found in the Ocean near the villages of Zheng He’s fleet-related wreck sites.

　　He November this year China underwater archaeological team will again went to Kenya, continued underwater archaeological work, while Zheng and fleet shipwreck find is not direct purpose this year but key inspection points this year la Mu small islands of Manda, manbahawei, inspection points, previously have associated with Zheng’s fleet of hearsay. Take this survey opportunities, rumors are true or false, final answer is expected to emerge.