The ship and its cargo, now referred to as the Belitung wreck, were like a time capsule of proof that Tang China, like China today, mass-produced trade goods and exported them by sea.

• 这艘船和它所载的货物现在统称为勿里洞沉船，就象一个时间仓，证明了唐代中国就象今天的中国一样大量生产贸易商品并通过海洋出口。