Blacks appeared in the Tang Dynasty. According to historical records, one country presented more than a dozen black slaves to Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, saying that they came from the Sengzhi Kingdom, which is actually a country in Africa today.
This country is on the east coast. Today we learned that there is a country in Africa called Ethiopia. In fact, as early as the Han Dynasty, Ban Gu mentioned this country in the Han Dynasty. In the official history of the Han Dynasty, it was recorded as It was a very mysterious place for China at that time.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the exchanges between Africa and the Tang Dynasty further deepened. Not only were many black slaves sent to the Tang Dynasty, but Chinese porcelain was also shipped to Africa in large quantities. Archeology in an ancient city in Africa today The family has excavated many porcelains. These porcelains are very old and have been identified as coming from the Tang Dynasty of China. In Zimbabwe, money from the Tang Dynasty was discovered in Africa, and a large number of ceramics and coins were also found in Congo. When it comes to the name of the country, it was China who got it.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a Chinese named Du Huan. He went to Morocco and wrote a book "Jing Xing Ji" after he came back. This book was recorded in "Tongdian" and spread in China. For a long time, during the Song Dynasty, we had a very mature trade system with Africa. There are a large number of ceramics from the Song Dynasty in Africa, which shows that China and Africa were often trading at that time.
The heyday of our exchanges with African countries was the Zheng He period. Zheng He visited many countries, including the Sengzhi Kingdom at that time. He once brought back a unicorn from the Sengzhi Kingdom. None of them had seen a long-necked unicorn, so they lined up to visit and talked about this mythical beast. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, Western colonial forces expanded, and many Africans poured into China to seek survival. The locals named them black ghosts, saying that they had special magical powers, could not sink in water, and could walk on the sea as if they were walking on flat ground.