Chengdu Sanxingdui Museum + Half-Day Guided Tour with Live Guide

[Pre-trip Notice]

• 📱 After placing your order, a staff member will contact you within one business day.
• 📩 One day before the tour departure, we will send the staff's contact information via WeChat, WhatsApp, email, etc.~

🕗 Meeting Information

• Meeting Time: 10:00 AM or 1:30 PM session
• Meeting Location: Outside the Sanxingdui Visitor Center

🗺️ Service Content

• Multiple languages available: group guided tours in Chinese, English, and Thai.
• Guided tour duration is no less than 2.5 hours, led by professional Sanxingdui tour guides.

🌄 [Introduction to Classic Tour Attractions]

Introduction to Sanxingdui: Located in Guanghan City, Deyang, Sichuan Province, the Sanxingdui Site is the capital and sacrificial center of the ancient Shu State during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, dating back about 4,500 to 3,200 years. It is also the largest and most culturally rich ancient bronze civilization site in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, designated as a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level.

1. Excavation History In 1929, local farmers accidentally unearthed jade artifacts, bringing the site to light for the first time; In 1986, sacrificial pits No. 1 and No. 2 were excavated, unearthing a large number of bizarre bronze and gold artifacts, which shocked the world; Between 2020 and 2022, 6 new sacrificial pits were excavated, yielding tens of thousands of national treasures and filling gaps in archaeological research.
2. Core Features Unique Ancient Shu Shamanic Civilization The artifacts feature fantastical and exaggerated designs, represented by the bronze mask with protruding pupils, the standing bronze figure, the divine tree reaching to heaven, the golden scepter, and the sun-shaped wheel. The core revolves around the worship of heaven and earth, the sun and moon, and ancestral spirits, integrating royal power and divine authority. Top-tier Ancient Craftsmanship Mastery of large-scale segmented bronze casting and thin gold foil hammering techniques. The quantity of contemporaneous gold and human-shaped artifacts is globally rare. Evidence of a Diverse yet Unified Civilization It features a distinctive ancient Shu style while also yielding Central Plains jade zhang and bronze zun vessels. Additionally, Indian Ocean cowrie shells and southern elephant tusks were discovered, proving frequent exchanges between ancient Shu and the Yellow River basin as well as regions outside the southern territories.
3. Historical Significance Sanxingdui shattered the old perception that “the Central Plains was the sole ancient civilization,” proving that both the Yangtze River basin and the Yellow River basin are the origins of Chinese civilization. It is crucial physical evidence of the diverse and integrated pattern of Chinese civilization, hailed as a major archaeological discovery “dormant for thousands of years, waking to amaze the world.”