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International Academic Symposium on Sanxingdui Relics and World’s Ancient Civilizations and Commemoration of 30^th Anniversary of the Discovery of Sanxingdui Sacrifice Pits Held

To commemorate the 30^th anniversary of the discovery of two large sacrifice pits from the Shang dynasty at Sanxingdui site, and to promote communications between Sanxingdui civilization and the world’s ancient civilizations, an international academic symposium on“Sanxingdui Relics and World’s Ancient Civilizations and Commemoration of 30th Anniversary of the Discovery of Sanxingdui Sacrifice Pits”was jointly held on July 18^th-20^th at Sanxingdui Museum by Sanxingdui Museum of Guanghan, Sichuan, Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute, Institute of Archaeology of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Chinese Archaeology Institute of Peking University, and China Society of Yin-Shang Civilization. During this period of time, around a hundred of experts from domestic and abroad made the academic discussions about the characteristics of Sanxingdui civilization, the review of discovery of Sanxingdui for 30 years, Sanxingdui cultural relics, archeological studies of Sanxingdui and twelve bridges culture, comparative research of the world’s civilization in the same period of Sanxingdui and the new perspectives and methods of Sanxingdui civilization studies.

About 60 academic papers received by the symposium were categorized into the macro comparative researches and specific seminars. The theme of this symposium was the latest archeological achievements of Sanxingdui Relics and the studies achievements of Sanxingdui civilization for 30 years. Gao Dalun, head of Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute, summarized the continuity, expansion and achievements of the Sanxingdui civilization with the concept of“length, width and height”. Lei Yu, director of the working site of Sanxingdui Relics, reviewed the archeological achievements of Sanxingdui for thirty years. Scholars from Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute presented their viewpoints on the academic issues including the sacrifice shape of “Platform”, “Temple” and “Pit”, ancient city of Sanxingdui, sacrifice ceremony of ancient Shu found in the sacrifice pits of Sanxingdui, as well as the relationship between Sanxingdui culture and twelve bridges culture.

Many scholars probed into the comparative research of Sanxingdui Relics and other relics. Fu Luowen, professor of department of anthropology in Harvard University, underlined that Sanxingdui has the basic elements and particularities as a city by comparing Sanxingdui Relics and The Yin Ruins. He believed the urbanism should be treated as a technology and we should investigate and discover the city from the technological perspective. Xu Jie, curator of Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, discussed the issues and methods of the research of Sanxingdui civilization. Prof. Sun Hua from School of Archaeology and Museology of Peking University discussed different periods of Sanxingdui and thought that the period of pottery and that of ruins should be distinguished. Prof. Deng Cong from the Chinese University of Hong Kong studied the jade weapon “Ya Zhang” of East Asia, revealing the transmission of political ceremony of Central Plains heartland in South China. Tang Jigen, researcher from Institute of Archaeology of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences made research on the communication of civilizations from a broader aspect and illustrated the characteristics of Bronze Civilization in the Yangtze River in Shang dynasty. Other experts paid attention to the mountainous ecological system of the western Sichuan during the period of Sanxingdui and Jinsha, and the relationship and communication between this area and Sichuan Basin as well as other areas.

The opening ceremony of this event witnessed the premiere of the first self-made animation “The Legend of the Sacred Tree” on Sanxingdui Culture, the first release of two new books and the publication of academic popular science books and cultural and creative animes, which were seen as spotlights. “The Legend of the Sacred Tree” was the first advertising video with 3D technology to demonstrate a piece of precious cultural relic, and to present the stories of the sacred tree and the spiritual belief of the ancient people with 3D digital effect and fantastic ideas. The process of discovering two sacrifice pits was systematically introduced by their founders in the popular book----“The Story of Discovery of Sanxingdui Sacrifice Pits”, while the book “Vietnam Yili” was complied by Vietnam History Museum, Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute and Shanxi Provincial Archeology Research Institute. Their release will further promote the spread of the academic research of Sanxingdui Relics and its popular science.