Fun Talk about Sanxingdui (Exploring Ancient Shu Culture)

Author: Chen Liji
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: David Keightley, a renowned British scholar, wrote in The Independent: "The discovery at Guanghan may be the richest find of metal artifacts ever made, and their discovery could lead to a reassessment of East Asian art. Chinese bronze production has long been regarded as the most outstanding of the ancient world, and this find, both in quality and quantity, has elevated our understanding of Chinese metalwork to a new level." On December 21, 1986, Wen Wei Po (Hong Kong) commented: "In the past, only Egypt and Greece had discovered full-sized golden masks from the Bronze Age in archaeological history. Now China has also unearthed such artifacts, many of which are the first of their kind in the country. This excavation represents a breakthrough in Sichuan archaeology and a major achievement in Bronze Age Shang-Zhou archaeology. It predates the artifacts from the Mawangdui site in Hunan in terms of age and quantity, and holds even greater historical and artistic value, rivaling the Banpo site in Xi'an."