Sanxingdui Museum (2).

Sanxingdui was discovered in 1929, when a farmer named Yan Daocheng in Guanghan, Sichuan Province, accidentally discovered a pit of jade artifacts in a field. These jade artifacts were sold by villagers, attracting the attention of a British missionary. In 1934, the curator of the West China Union University Museum, David Crockett Graham, and others conducted a ten-day preliminary excavation, unearthing more than 600 jade, stone, and pottery artifacts. Due to frequent wars at the time, archaeological work was forced to stop. It wasn't until 1952, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, that archaeologists resumed excavations at Sanxingdui, discovering the Sanxingdui and Moon Bay sites of the ancient Shu civilization. In 1980, archaeological work resumed again, and a large number of stone and pottery artifacts were discovered. In 1986, the discovery of two large sacrificial pits shocked the world. A large number of bronze, gold, and jade artifacts were unearthed.