Jinsha Ruins Museum

The Jinsha archeaological site was discovered in 2001 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. The site has an area of five square kilometres, and a history of three thousand years. Important relics, including large-sized structure foundations, sacrifice-offering areas, regular residential sites, and graveyards have been revealed. Rare cultural relics (such as - gold, bronze, jade, ivory and lacquer wares) have also been unearthed, in addition to tons of ivory and about one thousand buck teeth of wild boars & antlers.


Open Every Day 8am - 6pm
Entrance: 80 RMB ($US10)


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Expatriate writer Warren Rodwell has been in China since 2002, and teaches university postgraduates in Chengdu. Many of his feature stories, reviews & photographs have been published online or in hardcopy media form. Warren also narrates documentaries and administers various websites as part of his efforts to promote Chengdu & Sichuan culture(s) more globally.


http://writer.warrenrodwell.com/


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