An African tribe insists that it belongs to China and wants to go back to China. Experts have confirmed this. What happened afterwards?

China's 5,000-year history of civilization is splendid, which not only left precious wealth for the Chinese nation. Has always had an important impact on the world. Japan

Countries such as North Korea were irradiated by Chinese civilization in ancient times. Many of their cultures still have the shadow of Tang and Ming until now.

It is not surprising that they and China are both in East Asia and have close ties. Surprisingly, on the other side of the world in Africa, there is a tribe who insists that they are from China! So, how did this cross-mountain relationship come about?

Wan Li's search for relatives has caused waves

This tribe came into view because of a special family search. In 2005, an African girl named Sharif crossed Qian Shan to China. He said that his tribe is actually descended from China and wants to go back to China.

Sharif's words, like a stone thrown into silent water, immediately attracted people's attention. In order to judge the truth of this matter, a group of experts formed a delegation and went to Africa for investigation.

When they arrived, they found that the girl's tribe had been living in a place called Patai Island, with about 400 permanent residents. After investigation and analysis by experts, it has been confirmed that these islanders are indeed China people. There are two main reasons.

First, there are many antique porcelains in China, and they are blue-and-white porcelains fired by official kilns in the Ming Dynasty. Secondly, Patai has the custom of building tombs, but other tribes in Africa hardly have this custom. More importantly, the graves all face China.

Zheng He went to sea to stay for the adherents.

On the basis of the above two points, experts analyze that the residents of this island may be related to Zheng He's voyage to the West in the Ming Dynasty. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He made seven voyages to the West. It has played a great role in the communication between China culture and the world.

According to historical records, Zheng He's fleet reached northeast Africa and the Red Sea. When passing through this area, there have been cases where ships ran aground. From a few words in the history books and the situation in Patai Island, we can roughly piece together the situation at that time.

Zheng He was in high spirits and set out from Guangdong with his fleet. Exchanges with countries along the route show the strength of China. They are on board, and they also carry a large number of exquisite Ming dynasty porcelain.

However, there is always too much uncertainty in the sea. At that time, a ship ran aground and fell behind when passing through Patai Island. They can only move supplies to the island because they can't build such a huge ship. These crew members finally stayed on the island to live, and they have children for generations.

This also explains why there are many fine Ming porcelain on the island. Moreover, people on the island have been thinking about their hometown, hoping to return to their roots one day. That's why they should face the northeast when building graves. Over time, this has become a special custom on the island and has been preserved.

Even if this body can never return to the land of the old country, the soul does not want to forget the way home. This persistence is touching. Now, their wish has finally come true after more than 700 years. Their descendants were proved to be of China descent. Although we are separated from Wan Li, we will always be descendants of the Chinese people!