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Filmmakers solve Sanxingdui ruins' riddle
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| For Yang Gancai and his wife Wang Yi, seven years of efforts to chronicle the "disappearing worlds" of Chinese ethnic minorities in a remote village have produced more than an award-winning documentary. |
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Ancient Sanxingdui Relics to Go on Show in Singapore
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| Cultural relics from mysterious Sanxingdui Ruins -- a unique, ancient kingdom dating back 3,000 years -- will go on display in Singapore from Jan. 16 to April 15, said the exhibition organizer. It is the first time such an exhibition has ever been held in southeast Asia. |
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Ancient Stone Chimes Unearthed in SW China
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| Chinese archaeologists on Saturday unearthed two good-sized stone chimes, an ancient musical instrument, dating back to the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th centuries BC) in the southwestern province of Sichuan. |
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A Feast for the Eyes This Holiday
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| Art lovers in Beijing are set to enjoy the upcoming Spring Festival with an exhibition of 90 Chinese cultural relics that have been ranked "national treasures." The artefacts on display at the exhibition, which is on at the National Museum of China until March 31, include the best of relics unearthed in the 3,600-year-old Sanxingdui Ruins and 3,200-year-old Jinsha Ruins in Southwest China's Sichuan Province. |
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Museum Gets Green Accolades
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| The Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, is the third tourism destination in China to be granted the Green Globe 21 certificate. |
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3,000-year-old Earthenware Restored to Original Splendor
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| Some 700 pieces of earthenware made in the ancient Shu Kingdom have been unearthed by archeologists after they were buried thousands of years ago at the Sangxingdui Ruins in southwest China's Sichuan Province. |
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New Digging to Probe Mystery of Ancient Sanxingdui Ruins
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| Archeologists will launch a large-scale excavation at the Sanxingdui Ruins in southwest China's Sichuan Province this year to probe the mysteries of a lost civilization dating back more than 3,000 years. |
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Archaeological Discoveries
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| Hailed as one of Sichuan's most important archaeological finds linked to the ancient Shu culture after the discovery of the Sanxingdui Ruins in 1929 in nearby Guanghan, the discovery of the graveyard on Commercial Street in Chengdu was listed among China's top 10 archaeological finds in 2000. |
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Valuable Relics From Sanxingdui to Be Exhibited
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| Over 200 valuable relics, mainly bronze and jade excavated from the Sanxingdui Site in southwest China's Sichuan Province, will be exhibited later this year, according to a press conference Thursday in Chengdu. |
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Poet's Home Holds Secret Treasures
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| For Chinese literature lovers, the Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum is the sacred land of poetry and a national treasure. The museum is dedicated to one of China's greatest poets, and is also a great place to relax. Covering 16 hectares, the museum boasts different flowers in different seasons. |
