Foreign Experts Focus on Research on Sanxingdui CivilizationAlong with the gradual advance of Sanxingdui culture to the world and the deepening research on this culture, Sanxingdui culture has attracted the attention of more and more foreign research institutions and archeologists.That was the information gained by this reporter from the recent international symposium held in Sichuan Province's Guanghan on the culture of Yin and Shang dynasties (c.1600-1100BC) and the 70th anniversary of the discovery of the ruin of Sanxingdui. Beginning from July 25, over 30 renowned archeologists, anthropologists from the United States, Britain, France, Germany and other countries have got together with more than 100 noted Chinese experts and scholars, have conducted in-depth and extensive discussion and academic exchange on a number of important topics such as the history and culture of Bashu (former name of the area of present-day Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality) centered on Sanxingdui, the cultural relationship between Sanxingdui and its surrounding areas from the aspects of history, nationality and culture. The ruin of Sanxingdui, with an area of 12 square km, in the Nanxing Town of Guanghan, Sichuan Province, is the largest site of civilization of ancient Shu (the same as Bashu), which stretches the most extensive range, lasts for the longest time and has the richest cultural content within Sichuan Province. It was first discovered by a local farmer in 1929. However, it actually became well-known in the world as late as 1986 when two large pits for sacrifice offering of Shang Dynasty were found there. More than 1,000 national treasures unearthed from the two pits shocked the whole world. In 1993, some of the relics unearthed in Sanxingdui were exhibited in Sweden. Later, they put on display in France, Britain, Japan, the United States and other countries. Wherever they were shown, they drew a stream of visitors. |
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