Ancient Shu civilization refers to the ancient civilization that originated from the ancient period to the early Spring and Autumn Period in the present-day Sichuan region of the mainland (including Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality) that is different from the Central Plains civilization but is inextricably linked to the Central Plains civilization. At present, the remaining sites mainly include Chengdu Jinsha site, Guanghan Sanxingdui site and so on. Together with the Chinese civilization and the Liangzhu civilization, it is called the three major civilizations of ancient China. In 1929, when a batch of jade tools flowed out of the Guanghan Dynasty in Sichuan, people began to tirelessly explore the ancient civilization of Sichuan. After several generations of unremitting efforts by archaeologists, many important sites have been discovered, a large number of precious cultural relics have been unearthed, and the history of the ancient Shu kingdom that the poet Li Bai lamented is gradually becoming clear.
At present, archaeologists have basically clarified the evolution of ancient Shu civilization, that is, the Baodun culture represented by the prehistoric city site group of the Chengdu Plain, to the Sanxingdui culture represented by the Sanxingdui site, to the Jinsha Twelve Bridges culture represented by the Chengdu Jinsha site, and finally to the Warring States bronze culture represented by the Chengdu commercial street ship coffin and the single wooden coffin tomb, until 316 BC Qin and Bashu, the brilliant ancient Shu civilization has become an important part of Chinese civilization. It can be said that many archaeological discoveries have shown us the ancient Shu civilization that is as bright as the stars and as bright as the moon.
Trip planning
Baodun Ancient City Ruins - Sichuan Guanghan Sanxingtui Site Museum - Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum - Chengdu Museum
Recommended duration: 2 days
Characteristic scenic spots
Ruins of Baodun Ancient City
The Baodun Cultural Site (4800-4000 years ago) is a Neolithic cultural site distributed in the Chengdu Plain and is closely related to the Sanxingdui culture. Baodun Culture is currently considered by the Chinese archaeological community to be the earliest archaeological culture discovered in the Chengdu Plain so far, and is an important Neolithic archaeological culture in the Chengdu Plain. Baodun culture belongs to the Neolithic era, and one mainstream view is that Baodun culture may have developed from the Yingpanshan culture. Compared with other cultures of the same period, the Baodun culture innovated in pottery making techniques and may have also accepted influences from other archaeological cultures. The Baodun culture dates back about 4500 years, and its shape is a typical representative of the earliest ancient city site in the Chengdu Plain era in this period.
The discovery of the Baodun site has filled the gap in the development of the Chengdu Plain. After the discovery of the Sanxingdui site, many people will ask, why did such a brilliant bronze culture appear in the Chengdu Plain, which is isolated and poorly documented? The answer lies in the Baodun culture, a group of prehistoric city sites in the Chengdu Plain composed of eight sites, that there was another cultural stage before the Sanxingdui culture, which gave birth to the bronze civilization of the Chengdu Plain. If you want to find the source of the ancient Shu civilization, you are also in the Baodun culture.
Sichuan Guanghan Sanxingdui Site Museum
Sanxingdui Museum is a national key cultural relics protection unit and the first batch of national 4A-level tourist attractions, located in the northeast corner of the Sanxingdui ruins, located in the historical and cultural city of Guanghan City, Sichuan Province, West Duck River, 40 kilometers south of the provincial capital Chengdu, 26 kilometers north of Deyang, is a modern thematic site museum in China. Sanxingdui Museum was laid in August 1992 and opened in October 1997, covering an area of about 530 acres. Sanxingdui Museum integrates the functions of cultural relics collection protection, academic research and social education, adopts modern scientific means to implement management, and collects and displays more than 1,000 precious cultural relics such as bronze, jade, gold, pottery and bone ware excavated from the Sanxingdui site and the Shang Dynasty sacrifice pits no. 1 and 2 in the site. Sanxingdui Museum is one of the five major tourist attractions launched by Sichuan Province.
Sanxingdui Museum is located in the northeast corner of the Sanxingdui ruins of the national key cultural relics protection unit, located on the west duck river of the historical and cultural city of Guanghancheng, about 40 kilometers south of the provincial capital Chengdu, and 26 kilometers north of the emerging industrial city of Deyang, the museum laid the foundation in August 1992 and opened in October 1997. The main museum covers an area of 7,000 square meters and is a large modern history museum on the mainland. Sanxingdui Museum is divided into four different categories of exhibition halls, the exhibition hall area of 4,000 square meters, the exhibition line of more than 800 meters long, with the "Ancient City Ancient Shu Culture Exhibition" as the main content, comprehensive display of Sanxingdui ruins and the site of the first and second large Shang Dynasty sacrifice pits excavated from the pottery, jade, bone, gold and bronze and other thousands of precious cultural relics.
Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum
Located in the northwest of Chengdu City, jinsha site museum is a site museum established on the original site of Jinsha site, and is also a thematic museum showing the ancient Shu culture in Sichuan during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The museum was established at the end of 2004 and officially opened to the public on April 16, 2007. It is composed of relics hall, exhibition hall, visitor center, cultural relics protection and restoration center, sands theater, garden area and other parts. The Jinsha site is the first major archaeological discovery in China to enter the 21st century, and was rated as a national key cultural relics protection unit in 2006.
Jinsha Site Museum covers an area of 456 acres, with a construction area of 38,000 square meters. The Tandi River in Downtown Chengdu flows through the museum from west to east, and the scenery on both sides of the river forms the horizontal landscape axis of the museum; visitors visit the archaeological excavation site and exhibition hall of the Jinsha site from south to north, and this north-south open space constitutes the longitudinal cultural axis of the museum. Surrounded by the museum building, there is a lush garden area, where visitors can enjoy the long history and culture while also experiencing the fun of nature in the forest. The two main buildings of the museum, the Relics Hall and the Exhibition Hall, are located on the north and south banks of the Lamaobao River, one side and one circle, rigid and soft, complementing each other, becoming an important landmark building in Chengdu. Located in the east of the museum, south of the Tuodi River, the Relics Museum is a slope-like semicircular all-steel frame building with a construction area of 7,588 square meters.
Chengdu Museum
Founded in 1958, the Chengdu Museum is located on the west side of Tianfu Square in the city center and is a national first-class museum. At present, Chengdu Museum covers an area of about 17 acres, with a total construction area of about 65,000 square meters, an exhibition area of about 20,000 square meters, and the main building of the museum consists of two parts: the south building is mainly used for office and scientific research; the north building is mainly used for exhibition display. The collection of nearly 300,000 pieces, forming a relatively complete collection series from the Neolithic era to the Republic of China period, of which the collection of shadow puppets is the most distinctive, and it is currently the museum with the largest number, the most complete variety and the best quality of shadow puppets in the world. Since the opening of the new museum, Chengdu Museum has been based in the southwest and facing the whole country, and is committed to building an urban museum with extensive influence. The permanent exhibition "Huazhongjin Guancheng - Chengdu Historical and Cultural Exhibition and Ancient Chapter" and "Shadow Dance Vientiane Puppet Show Daqian - Chinese Shadow Puppet Exhibition" won the 16th (2018) and 18th (2020) National Museum Top Ten Exhibition Excellence Awards respectively.
As of December 2020, more than 40 special exhibitions have been held, including "The Soul of the Silk Road: Dunhuang Art Exhibition and Special Exhibition of The Land of Tianfu and the Silk Road Cultural Relics", "Echoes of Civilization: Ancient Treasures from Afghanistan", "Special Exhibition of Bronze Civilization on the Road of Qinshu", "Light and Shadow Floating in the Sky: Five Hundred Years of European Painting", "List of Five Capitals - Chinese Cities in the Qin and Han Dynasties" and other widely influential Chinese and foreign cultural exhibitions, with more than 10 million visitors walking into Chengbo and sharing cultural feasts. Since September 2020, Chengbo has launched the country's first weekend night event for teenagers - "Weekend Children's Museum", effectively promoting people-to-people bonds with culture.
Specialty food
Sichuan hot pot, sugar oil fruits, bean blossoms, sweet water noodles, bell dumplings
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