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(SichuanMosaics)CHINA-SICHUAN-GUANGHAN-SANXINGDUI MUSEUM-EXHIBITION (CN)

(240723) -- GUANGHAN, July 23, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A 3D-printed copy and silicone rubber of a bronze zun (an ancient wine vessel) is displayed at the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 23, 2024. An exhibition named "Craftsmanship and Ingenuity - Showcase of Preservation and Restoration Achievements of Newly Excavated Cultural Relics from the Sangxingdui Site" opened here on Tuesday. More than 50 pieces of newly restored bronze ware, golden ware, jadeware, ivory and other artifacts are displayed at the exhibition, which will last until the end of 2024. Discovered in the late 1920s in the city of Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Sanxingdui Ruins have been dubbed as one of the world's greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century. The provincial cultural relics and archaeology research institute said on Tuesday that, since 2022, over 400 sites have been identified, including high-level building foundations, ash pits, ash ditches,

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(SichuanMosaics)CHINA-SICHUAN-GUANGHAN-SANXINGDUI MUSEUM-EXHIBITION (CN)

(240723) -- GUANGHAN, July 23, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A bronze zun (an ancient wine vessel) is displayed at the Sanxingdui Museum in Guanghan City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 21, 2024. An exhibition named "Craftsmanship and Ingenuity - Showcase of Preservation and Restoration Achievements of Newly Excavated Cultural Relics from the Sangxingdui Site" opened here on Tuesday. More than 50 pieces of newly restored bronze ware, golden ware, jadeware, ivory and other artifacts are displayed at the exhibition, which will last until the end of 2024. Discovered in the late 1920s in the city of Guanghan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Sanxingdui Ruins have been dubbed as one of the world's greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century. The provincial cultural relics and archaeology research institute said on Tuesday that, since 2022, over 400 sites have been identified, including high-level building foundations, ash pits, ash ditches, and stone artifacts production and proces

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CHINA-SHAANXI-XI'AN-CHOCOLATE MUSEUM-RELICS (CN)

(240719) -- XI'AN, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 18, 2024 shows a chocolate replica of He Zun, a bronze ritual wine vessel, at a chocolate museum in the Great Tang All Day Mall in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. The chocolate museum, covering an area of 10,000 square meters, showcases more than 100 chocolate creations themed on Chinese ancient architecture and cultural relics which attract lots of visitors. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Liang Aiping)

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AUSTRALIA-CANBERRA-CHINESE CULTURAL OBJECTS-HANDOVER CEREMONY

(231025) -- CANBERRA, Oct. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A sacrificial bronze wine vessel of Zun with features indicating craftsmanship of the Ming and Qing dynasties is displayed at a handover ceremony for the repatriation of Chinese cultural objects at the Chinese embassy in Australian capital Canberra, Oct. 25, 2023. The ceremony witnessed five objects back to China. Among them, three are returned by the Australian government. TO GO WITH "Handover ceremony for repatriation of Chinese cultural objects held in Australia" (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)

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My life is quite beautiful: Boar-shaped bronze zun's secret code

STORY: My life is quite beautiful: Boar-shaped bronze zun's secret code DATELINE: May 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the animation of boar-shaped bronze zun 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): Bronze bird 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): Boar-shaped bronze zun 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): Bronze bird 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): Boar-shaped bronze zun 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): Bronze bird 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): Boar-shaped bronze zun 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): Boar-shaped bronze zun 9. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): Bronze bird 10. SOUNDBITE 9 (English): Boar-shaped bronze zun 11. SOUNDBITE 10 (English): Bronze bird 12. SOUNDBITE 11 (English): Boar-shaped bronze zun 13. SOUNDBITE 12 (English): Bronze bird 14. SOUNDBITE 13 (English): Boar-shaped bronze STORYLINE: Thousands of years ago, what was the boar-shaped bronze zun in Hunan Museum, central China, used for? Let's find out the answer. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): Bronze bird "Hey, wake up, my friend. The museum is about to

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Bird-shaped bronze vessel in China's Shanxi Museum

STORY: Bird-shaped bronze vessel in China's Shanxi Museum DATELINE: April 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: TAIYUAN, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of bird-shaped bronze vessel STORYLINE: The Jin Hou Niao Zun, a bird-shaped statue, is a treasure of the Shanxi Museum in China's Shanxi Province. A "Zun" is a drinking vessel important for sacrificial rituals. This name was later used by people to express respect. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Taiyuan, China. (XHTV)

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Ancient sculpture remnants reunited after 3,000 years

STORY: Ancient sculpture remnants reunited after 3,000 years DATELINE: June 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: GUANGHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the newly unearthed bronze sculpture 2. various of the combination 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI YU, Researcher, Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute STORYLINE: Chinese archaeologists confirmed Thursday that a newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that anoth

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 16, 2022 shows part of a successfully matched bronze sculpture that depicts a human-head, snake-body, and bird-claw figure. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The incomplete part wears a tight skirt with c

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 16, 2022 shows part of a successfully matched bronze sculpture that depicts a human-head, snake-body, and bird-claw figure. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The incomplete part wears a tight skirt with c

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lei Yu, a researcher of the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute, views a successfully matched bronze sculpture that depicts a human-head, snake-body, and bird-claw figure on June 16, 2022. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with t

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 15, 2022 shows a bronzeware part that was unearthed from the No. 2 sacrificial pit in 1986 at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The incom

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows scattered parts of a newly unearthed bronze sculpture (L) at the No. 8 sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site (photo taken by Xinhua journalist Shen Bohan on June 1, 2022); a bronzeware part (C) that was unearthed from the No. 2 sacrificial pit in 1986 (photo taken on June 15, 2022 and provided by Sanxingdui Museum); and the combination of the two parts (photo taken by Lu Haizi on June 15, 2022), in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vesse

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 15, 2022 shows part of a successfully matched bronze sculpture that depicts a human-head, snake-body, and bird-claw figure, in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The i

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 1, 2022 shows scattered parts of a newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the No. 8 sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 15, 2022 shows a successfully matched bronze sculpture that depicts a human-head, snake-body, and bird-claw figure, in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The incomplet

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 15, 2022 shows a bronzeware part that was unearthed from the No. 2 sacrificial pit in 1986 at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The incom

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 1, 2022 shows scattered parts of a newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the No. 8 sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 1, 2022 shows scattered parts of a newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the No. 8 sacrificial pit at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The

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CHINA-SICHUAN-SANXINGDUI RUINS-BRONZE SCULPTURE-COMBINATION (CN)

(220616) -- GUANGHAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 15, 2022 shows a successfully matched bronze sculpture that depicts a human-head, snake-body, and bird-claw figure, in southwest China's Sichuan Province. A newly unearthed bronze sculpture at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another bronzeware part after being set apart about 3,000 years ago, the archaeological team confirmed Thursday. The sophisticated bronze sculpture depicts a figure of a human head and snake body, with protruding eyes, tusks, and horns. Above the head is a cinnabar trumpet-shaped zun (an ancient wine vessel) and the figure is linked by its hands and a square pedestal urn-shaped lei (an ancient wine vessel.) Without the rear part of the body, the sculpture was recently excavated from the No. 8 sacrificial pit. Archaeologists later found that another bronzeware part, which was unearthed from the No. 2 pit in 1986, can perfectly match with the figure's lost body part. The incomplet