Sanxingdui, near Chengdu, was an ancient city contemporary with the Shang Dynasty at Yin (Anyang), but with an art style unlike anything else in the world. Very likely the site was abandoned due to flooding, and the people moved south to Chengdu, where they became the ancestors of the Ba-Shu people of the Warring States era. I have a separate album for the comprehensive gallery which includes the jade, pottery, and bronze trees, plus an album I took two years ago which has many Ba-Shu weapons not on display in 2010. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China.http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/SanxingduiGallery2BronzeGallery#

Sanxingdui, near Chengdu, was an ancient city contemporary with the Shang Dynasty at Yin (Anyang), but with an art style unlike anything else in the world. Very likely the site was abandoned due to flooding, and the people moved south to Chengdu, where they became the ancestors of the Ba-Shu people of the Warring States era. I have a separate album for the bronze gallery, plus an album I took two years ago which has many Ba-Shu weapons not on display in 2010. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/SanxingduiGallery1ComprehensiveGallery#

This is one of five albums from this museum. It deals with ancient bronze from Sichuan Province. Artifacts listed as Warring States are from the Ba-Shu Culture. Because bronze is my own area of special interest, and because I want to better show the results of aging, I have uploaded this album with full resolution. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China.http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/SichuanMuseumBronzeGallery#

This is one of five albums from this museum. It deals with Han Dynasty (206 BC to 220 AD) pottery and stone. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China.http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/SichuanMuseumHanGallery#

This is one of five albums from this museum. It deals with Pottery and Porcelain, except that which is found in the Han Gallery. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China.http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/SichuanMuseumPorcelainGallery#

This is one of five albums from this museum. I’ve combined two galleries: Gallery of Buddha Statues from Wanfo Temple, and Gallery of Tibetan Buddhism. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China.http://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/SichuanMuseumGalleriesOfBuddhaStatuesFromWanfoTempleTibetanBuddhism#

This is one of five albums from this museum. I’ve combined three galleries: Gallery of Sichuan Crafts, Sichuan Ethnic Culture, and Sichuan in the Twentieth Century. The latter features items from the Long March, which passed through Sichuan in the 1930s. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, Chinahttp://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/SichuanMuseumGalleriesOfSichuanCraftsEthnicCulture20thCentury#

After 1929 peasants near Chengdu began finding jade artifacts. In 1986 two burial pits full of bronze vessels, heads, masks, and trees were unearthed nearby. The culture which produced them was contemporary with Yin (Shang Dynasty) culture of Anyang, c. 1200 BC. Most likely they evolved into the Jinsha Culture, and later the Ba-Shu culture. The museum features a number of Ba-Shu and Dian artifacts. In early 2010 I went back and added two greatly upgraded albums from Sanxingdui, though they no longer displayed the Ba-Shu artifacts. Check the “Chengdu” tag to find them. Photos by Gary L. Todd, Ph.D., Professor of History, Sias International University, Xinzheng, Henan, China. https://picasaweb.google.com/GaryLeeTodd/Sanxingdui#