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Multi-periodSite Name: Sanxingdui Alternative Name: Sanxingdui Museum, Three-Star Piles Museum
Country: China
NOTE: This site is 385.423 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Chengdu
Latitude: 31.003917N  Longitude: 104.216226E
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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : SanXingDui Image copyright: elusive kat (kat), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A large Bronze Age walled city founded by the Sanxingdui Culture in about 1600 BCE. The Sanxingdui Museum is located in the northeast corner of the ruins of Sanxingdui.

Three-Star Piles refer to three earth mounds at the site. The archaeological area stretches for about 12 square kilometers (about 4.6 square miles), which is the largest, oldest, and most continuous Shu cultural relic in Sichuan. It is said that the Heavenly Emperor cast down three handfuls of earth which fell near the Jian River and became three earth mounds on Chengdu Plain. The three earth piles, described as three golden stars in a line, hence became known as Three-Star Piles. Now affirmed by modern archaeology, the three earth mounds are in reality the southern wall of an ancient city that was built of earth. There are two breaches in the city wall, after the collapse and subsequent erosion; it became the three mounds we see today.

The site of Sanxingdui,is recognized as one of the most important ancient remains in the world for its vast size, lengthy occupation and artefacts. The first Sanxingdui relics were discovered by a farmer in 1929 and excavation has continued ever since. During this period, generations of archaeologists have worked on the discovery and research of the Sanxingdui culture. In 1986, two major sacrificial pits were found and they aroused widespread academic attention around the world.

The Sanxingdui finds are exciting, but they remain enigmatic. No texts have been found, nor is there any mention of this culture in the records of other countries. Analysis of lead and other elements in the bronzes indicates sources similar to those of other cultures along the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. At this point, however, the unique culture that produced these artifacts remains a mystery. Source: http://www.china.org.cn/, China Travel Guide

Address:Sanxingdui Historic Relics 618300,
Guanghan, Sichuan China Tel:0838-6665599

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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : Sanxingdui Museum, Guanghan,Sichuan Image copyright: Beijing1211, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : Sanxingdui Museum, Guanghan,Sichuan Site in China Image copyright: Beijing1211, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : Sanxingdui Museum, Guanghan,Sichuan Image copyright: Beijing1211, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : Brim Fragment and Bottom Fragment of Earthen Ware at Sanxingdui Unearthed from the Sanxingdui site. Image copyright: drs2biz (David Schroeter), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : Wall Display: Graphics On Pottery Unearthed at Sanxingdui Cultural Connection Between Sanxingdui and Other Cultures. Communications of Shu With Shang and Zhou Royal Courts. Image copyright: drs2biz (David Schroeter), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : Stone Cong, Obsidian Balls, Jade Implements and Artifacts from Sanxingdui The stone Cong was unearthed from Yueliangwan of the Sanxingdui site. The Obsidian Balls, Jade Implements and Artifacts were unearthed from Rensheng Village of the Sanxingdui site. Image copyright: drs2biz (David Schroeter), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : Sanxingdui: Jade Spear, Chisel, Adze, Axe, Awl and Cutting Tool. Unearthed from Rensheng Village at the Sanxingdui Site. Image copyright: drs2biz (David Schroeter), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : Sanxingdui - Jade Chisels Unearthed from No. 1 sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Site. Image copyright: drs2biz (David Schroeter), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : SanXingDui Museum Image copyright: elusive kat (kat), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : Sanxingdui: Gold Mask Excavated from the No. 1 pit of Sanxingdui sites. Collected by the Sanxingdui Museum. Image copyright: drs2biz (David Schroeter), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : SanXingDui, a museum an hour an away from Chengdu, dedicated to the excavation of ancient artifacts at SanXingDui. It's all pretty aztec-esque, if you ask me. But the square pyramids were only 3 stories. Image copyright: miaowmatthew (Matthew), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : Sanxingdui Image copyright: joycevs, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : Sanxingdui museum sanxingdui, sichuan, china Image copyright: iamtonyang (tony yang), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : Sanxingdui bronze heads Sanxingdui Culture, Guanghan, China Image copyright: Rosanna Leung, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Sanxingdui submitted by dodomad : Sanxingdui bronze eagle head.... Sanxingdui Culture, Guanghan, China Image copyright: Rosanna Leung, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Sanxingdui Museum by Andy B on Monday, 16 February 2015
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The Sanxingdui Museum is located in the northeast corner of the ruins of Sanxingdui, which is at the bank of Duck River in the west of Guanghan City, Sichuan Province, known as a famous historical and cultural city. It is 38 kilometers north from Chengdu and 26 kilometers south from Deyang. It is a large modern thematic museum. The foundation of the museum was laid in August 1992 and it was formally opened to the public in October 1997.

Sanxingdui Museum covers an area of about 33 hectares of which the afforested area is over 80%. There are two exhibition halls in the museum, including the First Exhibition Hall and the Second Exhibition Hall. The display area is nearly 12000 square meters. The First Exhibition Hall exhibits gold, copper, jade, stone, pottery, etc. while the Second Exhibition Hall is specially used to exhibit bronze.

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Mystery of Ancient Chinese Civilization's Disappearance Explained by davidmorgan on Monday, 16 February 2015
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An earthquake nearly 3,000 years ago may be the culprit in the mysterious disappearance of one of China's ancient civilizations, new research suggests.

In 1929, a peasant in Sichuan province uncovered jade and stone artifacts while repairing a sewage ditch located about 24 miles (40 kilometers) from Chengdu. But their significance wasn't understood until 1986, when archaeologists unearthed two pits of Bronze Age treasures, such as jades, about 100 elephant tusks and stunning 8-feet-high (2.4 meters) bronze sculptures that suggest an impressive technical ability that was present nowhere else in the world at the time, said Peter Keller, a geologist and president of the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California, which is currently hosting an exhibit of some of these treasures.

The treasures, which had been broken and buried as if they were sacrificed, came from a lost civilization, now known as the Sanxingdui, a walled city on the banks of the Minjiang River.

"It's a big mystery," said Keller, who was not involved in the current study.

Archaeologists now believe that the culture willfully dismantled itself sometime between 3,000 and 2,800 years ago, Fan said.

"The current explanations for why it disappeared are war and flood, but both are not very convincing," Fan told Live Science.

But about 14 years ago, archaeologists found the remains of another ancient city called Jinsha near Chengdu. The Jinsha site, though it contained none of the impressive bronzes of Sanxingdui, did have a gold crown with a similar engraved motif of fish, arrows and birds as a golden staff found at Sanxingdui, Keller said. That has led some scholars to believe that the people from Sanxingdui may have relocated to Jinsha.

But why has remained a mystery.

Read more at Live Science
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    People of China name British landmarks (Big white streaker, Huge stone clusters) by Andy B on Monday, 16 February 2015
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    Not directly related but reading Sanxingdui is actually called "Three-Star Piles" reminded me of this:

    101 British points of interest, which currently don’t have a Chinese name, are being named in VisitBritain’s new ‘GREAT names for GREAT Britain’ campaign,

    In China it is popular to give names to favourite celebrities, places and foods that give a literal description of what Chinese people think about these things. So in a campaign first for a national tourist board anywhere in the world, VisitBritain is inviting Chinese consumers to come up with the most fitting, amusing and memorable Chinese names for some of Britain’s most loved attractions and, importantly, a range of lesser-known places across the whole of the country.

    The new Chinese names are likely to be unveiled in March 2015. In the meantime all suggestions are welcomed by tweeting @VisitBritain hashtag #greatnames.
    Visit the campaign site here: http://www.visitbritain.com/greatnames

    What’s been named already?
    Stonehenge – Ju Shi Zhen (Huge stone clusters)
    Big Ben – Da Ben Zhong
    Edinburgh – Ai Ding Bao 爱丁堡 (meaning a castle named Ai Ding)
    The Cerne Abbas Giant in Dorset - Bai Se Da Luo Ben (Big white streaker)
    The Loch Ness Monster - Ni Si Hu An Ying (The Loch Ness shadow)

    Source: Visit Britain
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