Nthawi zina timafunsidwa funso ili. N’chifukwa chiyani Quanzhou?
Yankho lake ndi lodziwikiratu. Ndi komwe kuli ziwalo. Masingano, makamera, ma bearing—mungapeze zambiri zomwe zimalowa mumakina ozungulira olukamkati mwa dera la makilomita makumi asanu. Zimenezo zimathandiza. Koma si yankho lenileni limenelo.
Yankho lenileni limabwerera mmbuyo.
Kalelo Quanzhou ankatchedwa Zayton. Marco Polo anadutsa m'zaka za m'ma 1300. Iye sanali mainjiniya wa nsalu, koma ngakhale iye anaona chinachake. Analemba za ma damask ndi ma velveti opangidwa pano, nati anali abwino kuposa omwe adawawona m'mizinda ikuluikulu yakumpoto. Anati nsaluyo idatchedwa dzina la mzinda womwewo.
Nthawi zonse ndimakonda mfundo imeneyi. Sitinali ngati mabokosi ongoyendamo okha, koma tinali malo opangira zinthu zomwe aliyense amafuna.
Kwa nthawi yayitali, zimenezo zinkatanthauza silika. Tsopano zikutanthauza makina ozungulira oluka. Zipangizo zinasintha. Zipangizo zinasintha. Koma lingaliro linapitirira: kupanga apa, kupanga bwino, kutumiza kunja.
Pali gawo lina la nkhani ya Quanzhou lomwe silinalembedwe m'mabuku a mbiri yakale. Mainjiniya ambiri olondola kwambiri m'derali—mtundu womwe mumafunika kuti mupange makina odalirika olumikizirana—anachokera ku ukatswiri waku Taiwan. Kwa mibadwomibadwo, chidziwitso chimenecho chinakhazikika pano, chosakanikirana ndi kupanga kwapakhomo, ndipo chinasanduka chinthu chapadera cha Quanzhou. Ndi chothandiza. Sichokhudza mapulogalamu apamwamba; ndi chokhudza makina omwe amatha kusinthana katatu mufakitale yonyowa popanda kukwiya.
Kuyenda m'malo ogulitsira zinthu kuno n'kosiyana. Sikuti mumangogula chinthu chokhachokha. Mukulankhula ndi munthu amene bambo ake adapanga singano, kapena amene amalume ake adakhala zaka makumi anayi akupanga ma profiles a kamera moyenera. Zimenezi n'zofunika kwambiri mukafuna kupanga makina omwe amafunika kupirira pakatha maola 8,000.
Mbiri ndi yabwino kuikamba, koma siipangitsa kuti ntchito yopanga zinthu ipitirire.
Chomwe chimapangitsa kuti ipitirire patsogolo ndichakuti tikamapanga makina a Morton, sitichita izi mu nsanja ya ofesi mumzinda wopanda mafakitale. Tikuchita izi mozunguliridwa ndi phokoso la kupanga kwenikweni. Ngati bearing yatentha, timadziwa woti titchule. Ngati ulusi watsopano wochokera ku Turkey ukutivutitsa, tikhoza kuuyesa mumsewu.
Kotero wina akafunsa chifukwa chake Quanzhou, nthawi zambiri sindimatchula za Maritime Silk Road.
Ndikungoloza makina omwe akuyenda pakona.
Kuli chete. Kuli nthawi zonse. Ndipo kudzakhala pa bwato kupita kwinakwake kutali pofika sabata yamawa.
Ndi yankho lokhalo lomwe ndi lofunika kwambiri.
Morton — Mayankho Otsogola Oluka