A bronze mask excavated in 1986 from the “sacrificial pit” of Sanxingdui 2. The mask is 72 centimeters high and 132 centimeters wide, the largest of all the masks excavated at the Sanxingdui site. (Xinhua News Agency)
A bronze sun wheel excavated in 1986 from the “sacrificial pit” of Sanxingdui No. 2. At that time, Sanxingdui No. 2 ritual pit unearthed six pieces of bronze wheel-shaped ware, this bronze sun wheel diameter of about 85 cm, the academic community generally believe that this is the ancients shaped the sun. In Sanxingdui, the bronze sun wheel has been the top priority of cultural heritage treasures, which has long been interpreted as the worship of the sun by the ancient Shu people. (Xinhua News Agency)
The bronze longitudinal eye mask excavated in 1986 from the “sacrificial pit” of Sanxingdui 2. It is 1.38 meters wide and 0.645 meters high. The eyes are columnar and convex outward. A pair of carved ears are fully expanded to both sides, with a majestic shape and majestic four rituals, making it the earliest and largest bronze mask in the world. The protruding eyes represent the worship of the ancient people for the eyes. (Xinhua News Agency)
The bronze crowned longitudinal eye mask excavated in 1986 from the “sacrificial pit” of Sanxingdui 2. Both eyes of the mask are columnar and convex, stretching forward about 10 cm, the ears are fully expanded to both sides, and the front is cast in the shape of a kui dragon with a height of about 70 cm. When the mask was unearthed, the eyes and eyebrows were still visible, and the mouth and lips were coated with vermilion. Its overall modeling imagery is mysterious and treacherous, and the style is majestic and beautiful, which stands out among all kinds of figures in the Sanxingdui. (Xinhua News Agency)
A gold mask excavated in 1986 from the “sacrificial pit” of Sanxingdui 1. The gold mask is made of hammered gold skin, and its shape is the same as that of the gold mask on the bronze head of the gold-faced man. (Xinhua News Agency)
A bronze head wearing a gold mask excavated in 1986 from the “sacrificial pit” of Sanxingdui 2. Through this feature of the bronze human head with a gold mask, it can be explained that the ancient Shu people at that time already regarded gold as a symbol of respect. The purpose of applying gold to the face of the human head, as a permanent sacrificial image in the temple, is not just for aesthetic purposes, but should be related to the content and object of the sacrifice. (Xinhua News Agency)
The bronze human head wearing a gold mask is supposed to represent a special identity and status. Such people with the highest social status are inferred to hold the power of life and death and have special skills to communicate with the gods. It is noteworthy that this type of human head wearing a gold mask is hardly visible in other regions and other cultures of China during the Shang and Zhou periods, and it should be a cultural phenomenon unique to the bronze civilization of ancient Shu in China, which reflects the rich regional characteristics of ancient Shu civilization. (Xinhua News Agency)
A large bronze standing figure, with a height of 1.8 meters and a general height of 2.62 meters, was excavated in 1986 from the No. 2 sacrificial pit at the site of Sanxingdui. It weighs about 180 kilograms and is a bronze vessel with a history of more than 3,000 years. It is now in the Sanxingdui Museum. The bronze statue of a large standing man is the tallest and most complete bronze standing man statue in existence. It is known as the “King of Bronze Statues in the World”. (Xinhua News Agency)
The Shang Bronze Tree, a first-class cultural relic of China, was excavated in 1986 from the second sacrificial pit at the site of Sanxingdui and is now in the Sanxingdui Museum. There are eight Shang bronze sacred trees, of which the fully restored one is 395 cm high, the largest single bronze relic found in the world, and is named No. 1 sacred tree. (Xinhua News Agency)
The bronze shrine (research restoration) excavated in 1986 in the “sacrificial pit” of Sanxingdui 2. The vessel can be divided into three layers: the bottom layer is a pair of head and tail facing the gods and beasts; the middle layer is four standers and the peak of the head; the upper layer has buildings and figures, birds of prey, etc., the building between the forehead of a human-headed bird figure. The vertical vertical spatial and temporal sequence represents the “three worlds” of heaven, earth and man, vividly and imaginatively showing the mythological cosmology of the ancient Shu people. (Xinhua News Agency)
A bronze animal-headed and crowned human figure excavated in 1986 from the “sacrificial pit” of Sanxingdui 2. The lower body is missing, and there are several casting holes in the face, right ear and lower jaw. The lower part of the right ear of the beast’s ear crown is defective, and there are three cracks on the edge of the left ear, and there is a 12-cm-long crack formed by casting on the upper edge of the beast’s muzzle extending to the root of the left ear. There are multiple casting holes on the right side of the front of the neck of the beast. (Xinhua News Agency)
Collage photo – The top photo is taken at the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan City, Sichuan Province, of a gold scepter excavated in 1986 from the Sanxingdui 1 “sacrificial pit”; the bottom photo is a partial photo of the scepter. The gold staff is made of gold bars pounded into gold skin, and then wrapped in a wooden staff, the wood core has been charred when unearthed, only the gold skin, gold skin can be seen inside the charred wood residue. (Xinhua News Agency)
A jade jade jade with a mountain sacrificial figure excavated in 1986 from the “sacrificial pit” of Sanxingdui 2. The jade jade jade is engraved with the same pattern on both sides, and the pattern is divided into two groups, front and back in a symmetrical layout, each group of ornaments contains mountain tomb, tooth jade, cloud and thunder pattern and two rows of human figures doing worship. (Xinhua News Agency)
A jade jade jade that was excavated in 1986 from the “sacrificial pit” of Sanxingdui 1. The body is in the shape of a fish, with a tooth-zhang design on each side and a small bird carved into the open mouth of the fish at the shooting end. The motif of the fish and the bird together has a profound meaning and may be related to the ancient history and legend of the ancient king of Shu, the fish eider. The piece makes use of a variety of techniques such as openwork, line engraving, pipe drilling, polishing, etc. In the selection of materials, it also makes full use of the gradation of color of the jade material, following the shape to express the back and abdomen of the fish. (Xinhua News Agency)
A jade jade jade piece excavated in 1986 from the “sacrificial pit” of Sanxingdui 1. (Xinhua)
In the archaeological excavation of Sanxingdui in 2021, a bronze zun found in “sacrificial pit” No. 3 of the Sanxingdui site reached a height of more than 70 centimeters, which is the largest bronze zun unearthed at Sanxingdui. (Xinhua News Agency)
In this archaeological excavation of the site of the three stars, a large number of gold products were unearthed, of which the most attention is a unique gold mask unearthed in pit No. 5. In the excavation of pits 1 and 2 of the Sanxingdui site, six gold masks had been unearthed, but this latest gold mask unearthed in pit 5 is extraordinarily heavy and different. The picture shows archaeologists cleaning the newly discovered gold mask fragments. (Xinhua News Agency)
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