Samsung shines on Jinsha

Author: Feng Guanghong
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: In ancient times, Western Shu was relatively remote compared to the Central Plains, with inconvenient transportation and some inherent disadvantages. However, it has always been a "backwater" where waves of immigrants arrived, bringing many cultural elements. After the founding of New China, numerous pre-Shang cultural sites were discovered in Chengdu. For example, the three-tiered platform at Yangzi Mountain served as a sacred altar for the Shu people to worship the heavens; the Twelve Bridges area also revealed a large complex of buildings, originally made of timber joined with mortise and tenon and bindings, in the "dry-lan" style, with two floors, highly distinctive. These substantial discoveries, however, did not cause much excitement. Take the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan City as an example. In 1929, a treasure pit was accidentally unearthed at Yanjia in Yuexi Bay, followed by scientific excavations. The findings over the years were mostly recorded in literary anecdotes, serving as conversation pieces for casual chats after meals; attracting the attention of antique collectors, who tried their best to purchase more Wenhanyu artifacts to pass on to their descendants. Archaeologists, on the other hand, have been working tirelessly in the area for more than half a century, uncovering batch after batch of artifacts, but these have only been appreciated within the professional community.