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The Salt Museum in Zigong

Sanxingdui (Three-Star Piles) Museum

  
Guanghan, called Luoxian and Hanzhou in ancient times, is situated in the north part of the Chengdu plain, 22km from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province. Being an important and famous city of Sichuan, it enjoys a long history, fertile soil and abundant produce, and has given birth to many well-known persons. The world-known Sanxingdui ruins are located by the Yazihe River 6km west of the Guanghan city. Sanxingdui is a cultural relic of the ancient Shu (Sichuan). It is an important archeological discovery which changed the people's understanding of ancient history and culture.
Sanxingdui Museum is located in Northeast of Sanxingdu archeological site. Covering an exhibition area of 4,000 square meters (about 1544.4 square miles), and opened in October 1997 this is an archeological museum with excellent modern facilities. The cultural relics in the museum were mostly unearthed from the Sanxingdui site.
If you want to visit a place to know more about Chinese Shu (Sichuan) culture, make it this one, for the civilization shown by the cultural relics can be called a true wonder.




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. Dragon-Taming Temple
. Chengdu
. Ermeishan Mountain
. Qingchengshan Mountain
. Leshan Giant Buddha 2
. Leshan Giant Buddha
. Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
. Three-star Piles Museum
. Jiu Zhai Gou (Nine Villages Valley)
. Huanglongxi
. Qingyang Temple
. Mt. Qingcheng
. Mt.Siguniangshan (Four Maidens¡¯Mountain) Scenic Area
. Wuhou Memorial Temple

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