Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Jinsha excavation site (near Chengdu) Shu kingdom

the holy bird and the holy tree are symbols here

Discovered in 2001, ruins of the 3000 year old Shu kingdom were excavated at Jinsha. One museum is of the excavation site, itself, and the other contains examples from the the excavated 6000 relics dating from 1200 to 600 BC.  Jade artefacts, stone carvings and ornate gold masks are among the finds.






Example of jade bi representative of the focus on jade in this culture

gold in masks are found in Jinsha the site of the excavation
vast excavation site comparable to Xian warrior site

sites are labeled as to finds 

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