CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-GIANT BRONZE MASK (CN)

CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-GIANT BRONZE MASK (CN)

(220201) -- CHENGDU, Feb. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo shows staff members repairing the bronze mask discoverd at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The largest bronze mask unearthed from the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in Sichuan met the public at Monday's Spring Festival TV Gala.The mask measures 131 cm wide, 71 cm tall and 66 cm deep, and weighs 65.5 kg, said Tang Fei, chief of the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute. (Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute & Sanxingdui Museum/Handout via Xinhua)

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