Consisting of piles of porcelain, along with other pottery works, copper pieces, ebony lumber, and animal parts, the wrecks are a testament to the vast maritime trading network overseen by the Ming Dynasty.

The excavation, conducted from 2023 to 2024, was a joint effort by a pair of research institutes and a local museum on Hainan Island and involved sending manned and unmanned submersibles down to collect the relics and document the wrecks.