Jinsha Relics Museum（金沙遺址）

 

Jinsha Relics Museum [File photo]

The Jinsha Relics are the relics of the Jinsha Villiage, Supo Town, northwestern Chengdu, dating back to the Shang (1600-1046 B.C.) and Zhou dynasties (1046-225B.C.). The place used to be the capital of the Ancient Shu Kingdom, a center of ancient civilization along the upper reaches of the Yangtze River during the 12th to 7th centuries B.C.

The 300,000-square-meters museum is used to preserve and display the Jinsha relics and other archaeological finds. A large number of ivory, gold and jade pieces are on show now. Retrieved in 2001, the relics are regarded "the most significant archaeological discovery of the 21st century in China."

Admission: 80 yuan (US$13.07) / person