Thanks to Chinese Admiral Zheng He, who steered his naval fleet across the Indian Ocean seven times in the early fifteenth century, the Chinese wok became the favorite cooking vessel of women in the southwestern Indian state of Kerala. Chinese fishing nets still dot the waters off Kochi.
十五世纪初，七下印度洋的郑和让中国产品成为印度西南部喀拉拉邦妇女们最喜爱的炊具。中国渔网至今仍在科钦（Kochi）水域中使用。