对于瑞典人来说,中国实在是个遥远的国家。但在这里几乎人人都知道中国,人们对茶叶和瓷器的热情更是近乎虔诚。这种热情来自250多年前那艘神秘沉没的商船--瑞典东印度公司“哥德堡号”。这艘帆船曾经从瑞典哥德堡港抵达遥远的中国广州,满载中国的茶叶、瓷器返回,这一趟需要三年多时间。2005年,“哥德堡号”的仿制古帆船将再度远航中国广州,我们有机会亲眼目睹她的风采了。 For Swedes, China is really a distant country. But almost everyone here knows about China, and people’s enthusiasm for tea and porcelain is almost piety. This enthusiasm comes from the mysteriously sunken merchant ship of more than 250 years ago, the Swedish East India Company “Gothenburg”. This sailboat once arrived from the port of Gothenburg, Sweden, to a distant Chinese city of Guangzhou. It was full of Chinese tea and porcelain. It took more than three years. In 2005, the “Gothenburg” imitated ancient sailboat will once again sail to Guangzhou, China. We have the opportunity to witness her style.