So in 1934, an archaeological team began to excavate the local area, but it only lasted for 10 days, and the excavation stopped. The cultural relics excavated at that time were shocking, but they were not found to be large-scale cultural relics at that time. It was not until the 1950s that the excavation work resumed. As more and more cultural relics are excavated, it is gradually obvious that there used to be a civilization different from that of the Central Plains, so it was named Sanxingdui Culture.
A large number of bronzes, including large bronze masks and bronze sacred trees, have been unearthed at Sanxingdui site, which are priceless. In many ancient books, there are records about bronze sacred trees, and the appearance of bronze sacred trees proves that this civilization belongs to Chinese culture. After years of excavation, more than 1 10 pieces of jade and stone tools, more than 70 pieces of pottery and 654.38+10,000 pieces of pottery were unearthed at Sanxingdui site. 1995, Sanxingdui site declared a permanent ban on excavation.
There are many rumors about the reasons for stopping excavation. Some people say that it is because there are many strange objects dug up in it, which may be the passage connecting another world. Of course, this is only a legend, and the real reason is more likely to avoid the destruction of ancient cultural relics. According to the current technology, excavation will inevitably cause some damage to cultural relics, such as the fading of terracotta warriors and horses. This is a kind of destruction of cultural relics. It is better to wait until the technology is developed enough than to destroy it now.