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The cemetery is located in Rensheng Village in the northwest of the Sanxingdui site (outside the west city wall), which is the first public cemetery to be found in the Sanxingdui site, and it is also the first time that important cultural relics have been found outside the ancient city. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info excavated 29 small rectangular pit and elongated pit burials in an area of about 900 square meters alone. The tombs are densely distributed, arranged in an orderly manner, the tomb direction is basically the same, the tomb processing is more elegant, the vast majority of the tombs have a human skeleton, and the burial style is a supine and straight-limbed burial. A total of 17 tombs have unearthed jade, stoneware, pottery, ivory and other types of burial goods, among which most of the jade tools are the first new vessel shapes found at the Sanxingdui site, such as jade cone-shaped ware, jade tooth-shaped ware, jade bubble-shaped ware, obsidian beads, etc., among which the jade tooth bi-shaped ware is extremely rare, and the jade cone-shaped ware obviously has the style of Liangzhu culture in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which is eye-catching. There is also a jade tooth shaped vessel with 9 round holes drilled on the surface, which may be related to ancient divination. Scholars believe that the burial age of these 29 tombs is basically the same, which is about the same as the Xia Dynasty period in the Central Plains. The discovery of the cemetery in Rensheng Village is of great value for further understanding the layout of the ancient city of Sanxingdui, understanding the funeral customs and divination etiquette of Sanxingdui culture, and the connection with the archaeological culture of other regions.

Because the discovery of the Sanxingdui site is very different from the long-term understanding of Bashu culture in the historical circles, and some places are even completely different. Historians have always believed that compared with the Central Plains, the ancient Bashu region was a relatively closed place, and there was no connection or little interaction with the Central Plains civilization. The Sanxingdui site proves that it should be an important cultural center around the Xia and Shang periods in China, or even earlier, and has a certain connection with the Central Plains culture. The authenticity of the records of the ancient Shu Kingdom in ancient documents is verified.

The discovery of Sanxingdui pushed the history of the ancient Shu Kingdom forward to 5,000 years ago, proving that the Yangtze River Basin and the Yellow River Basin are the birthplace of the Chinese nation, and proving that the Yangtze River Basin region has existed no less than the Yellow River Basin region of ancient civilization.

The bronze vessels unearthed from the two sacrificial pits, except for the bronze vessels with the Central Plains Yin Shang culture and the bronze culture style of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the rest of the utensils types and shapes have extremely strong local characteristics, and their unearthing shows the world for the first time the highly developed and unique appearance of the bronze civilization of Shu in the middle and late Shang Dynasty. In terms of bronze smelting and casting, the use of fan casting method and sub-casting method, and the smelting of ternary alloys based on lead, tin and copper, show that in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the ancient Shu Kingdom of Sanxingdui had a highly developed bronze civilization, which effectively refutes the fallacy of traditional historiography about the backwardness of the culture around the Central Plains. Sanxingdui cultural relics are cultural relics with world influence and belong to the category of world cultural heritage.

Relying on the Yazi River and across the Mamu River, the Sanxingdui site has superior geographical location and natural environment, forming an ancient city with three city walls in the east, west and south and the Yazi River on the north side as the defense system. The ancient city is composed of an outer Guocheng (big city) and several inner cities (small cities), the inside and outside of the ancient city can be divided into sacrificial areas, residential areas, workshop areas, burial areas, and there are important rammed earth building relics such as Sanxingdui and Moon Bay, which embodies the capital city of the ancient kingdom with a high degree of prosperity and strict layout, and is an ancient city with distinctive regional characteristics that is different from the Xia and Shang capital cities in the Central Plains.

Sanxingdui is currently the most abundant civilization site found in China. The bronze products, jade products and gold products unearthed from the Sanxingdui site are peculiar in shape and exquisitely made, showing a strong and mysterious religious and cultural color, with unique national characteristics and regional characteristics, which are extremely rare treasures of human ancient history and enjoy a very high reputation in the world. The handicraft industry of the ancient Shu Kingdom seen in the Sanxingdui site is very developed, with complete categories and advanced technology. The Sanxingdui site is the center of ancient civilization in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and one of the important origins of Chinese civilization, which is helpful to explore the evolution process of early human political organization and social form.

As of 2009, Sanxingdui has created and broken many world records and Chinese records, many of which have been selected as the world's best and China's best by the China World Records Association.

The world's earliest and tallest bronze sacred tree. 384 cm high. The trunk of the copper tree is straight, divided into nine branches, integrated into three clusters in the upper middle and lower, each branch has 3 peach-like fruits, two of which are drooping, one fruit branch is picked up, there is a hook beak divine bird on it, the head is erect, and it is like spreading its wings and wanting to fly. From the top of the trunk, a dragon swerved down, with its head held high, and stepped on the base of the tree. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas, Overseas East Classic" says: "There is Fusang on the Tang Valley, and it is bathed in ten days...... Nine days on the lower branch, one day on the upper branch. It is inferred that it may be a Fusang tree in ancient myths and legends.

The world's first golden scepter. It is 142 centimeters long, 2.3 centimeters in diameter, weighs more than 700 grams, and is wrapped in hammered gold leaf on a wooden pole, which has long been carbonized. The gold rod is engraved with a pattern at one end and is divided into three groups. Near the end are two symmetrical heads, both wearing a five-toothed crown and triangular earlobe drops, smiling. In the middle group are two birds facing each other, and below are two fish with opposite backs, each with a pattern of arrows stacked on their necks. Some people believe that the pattern of this golden scepter is a fish and a bird, which should be confirmed to be in charge of the king of fish. There are also those who disagree, arguing that the fish and birds symbolize auspiciousness, the arrow feather means might, and the golden scepter is indeed a symbol of power, but there is no physical evidence to prove that the Yuyu clan emblem is composed of fish and birds. There is also a view that the rod, like the sacred tree, is the product of the ancient Shu people's worship of the sacred tree.

The world's largest and most complete surviving bronze statue. With a height of 262 centimeters and a weight of more than 180 kilograms, it is known as the "King of the World's Bronze Statues" and "the Giant of the East".

The bronze man wears a flower-shaped crown on his head, wears a long cardigan with a chicken-heart collar on the left, and the back hem is dovetail-shaped, and stands barefoot on a square seat. The body is slender and straight, and the arms are thick, quite exaggerated, and disproportionate to the body. The two hands are in a hugging shape, the left hand is bent and the arm is placed on the side of the chest, the right hand is raised to the right cheek, and the thick thumb is held with the index finger, middle finger, and ring finger. The face is thin, square, straight, wide-mouthed, thick eyebrows and big eyes, the big ears are decorated with cloud and thunder patterns, there is a piercing on the earlobe, and the expression is serious, as if waiting to complete some kind of sacred mission. The standing man wears a three-piece left-sided suit jacket with narrow sleeves and half arms, which is carved with dragon patterns, animal face patterns, insect patterns and back lines, with fine lines and complex structure. The small standing figure is majestic and sassy, stomping on the feet, wearing a long-sleeved collared shirt inside, a sleeveless backless armor outside, and decorated with geometric thunder patterns on the front and back, which is finely made, and should have great shock and practicality in war. The bronze statue is cast by the segmented inlay casting method, and the production is exquisite, so far only seen in the archaeological research of China's Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties.