Huang says that wrecks are like sunken time capsules-they offer insight into how people used to live. The General No. 1, for example, plied the seas between Taiwan and Penghu, and the ceramic jars raised from its wreckage reveal details about everyday life in the days when it sailed, information about what people ate and wore, the homes they lived in, and what they traded.
就拿往返於台澎海域而遇難沉船的將軍一號來說，其出水的大量陶罐，透露出前人食衣住行的秘密。