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Ancient Shu people also "chased stars"? What they worship is...

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Sanxingdui unearthed a large number of "shapers"

Some resemble eyes, some resemble the sun, and some resemble dragons

It shows the worship culture of Sanxingdui people

Today, let's pass

Special exhibition at the Hong Kong Palace Museum

"Gaze at Sanxingdui - New Discoveries of Sichuan Archaeology"

Let's find out what Sanxingdui people worship

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The "eye shaped device" expresses the eye worship of the ancient Shu people

Sanxingdui unearthed a large number

Bronze eye shapers and eye bubble shapers

Various eye-shaped ornaments also appear on figures and objects

It is proof that the ancient Shu people worshiped the eyes

Ancient Shu people also "chased stars"? What they worship is...

President of Sichuan Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology

Tang Fei introduced

There are three combinations of eye shapers currently on display

The first is monolithic

The second is made up of two triangles spliced

The third is a combination of four right triangles

Tang Fei believes that it can be seen from these three combinations

At that time, Sanxingdui people cast bronze technology

Very skillful

Materials can be used flexibly

Achieve the expression of "completer"

The sun worship displayed by the "big steering wheel"

This relic resembling a large steering wheel in front of you

In fact, it is a "sun-shaped device" unearthed by Sanxingdui

It is one of the cultural relics that many netizens want to focus on

The object is centered on the wheel and on the wheel

Each has small holes for fixation

Excavation status display

The vessel was smashed and burned before being buried

Ancient Shu people also "chased stars"? What they worship is...

Most scholars will take this artifact

Associated with the sun and sun worship

On other artifacts unearthed in Sanxingdui

Similar sun-shaped ornaments have also been found

Some scholars believe that the artifact may be

Ancient instruments for observing celestial phenomena and time

Harness the great beasts in the world of "gods and witches"

In 2022, in the No. 8 pit of the Sanxingdui site

Unearthed "Great Divine Beast"

It is the largest bronze divine beast found so far in Sanxingdui

Ancient Shu people also "chased stars"? What they worship is...

Spelled out and found

The part above the Great Divine Beast was supposed to be

At the top of pit number three, there is a kneeling figure

It is one of the most peculiar objects in Sanxingdui

It may also be a heavy weapon in the temple at that time

The discovery of various cultural relics in Sanxingdui

To understand the unique cosmology of Sanxingdui people

Provides the most direct channel

Do you want to experience the worship culture of Sanxingdui people up close?

Let's come and see the exhibition together

Source: Voice of the Greater Bay Area