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Jinsha (Chinese: 金沙; pinyin: Jīnshā) is an archaeological site in Chengdu, capital of China's Sichuan Province. The site is located in Qingyang District, along the Modi River (摸底河). It is named for a nearby street, itself named after the Jinsha River.
The Jinsha site was accidentally discovered in February 2001 during real estate construction. Located about 50 km away from Sanxingdui, the site flourished around 1000 BC and shares similarities in burial objects with the Sanxingdui site. Ivory, jade artifacts, bronze objects, gold objects and carved stone objects were found at the site. Unlike the site at Sanxingdui, Jinsha did not have a city wall. Jinsha culture (1200–650 BC) was a final phase of Sanxingdui culture and represents a relocation of the political center in the ancient Shu Kingdom. The city was built on the banks of the Modi River.
There is very little information about the things you are looking at (at least for English speakers)
Jake CowtonFeb 23, 2018
Interesting new discovery with ancient artifacts. Expect to spend about an hour to 1.5 hours here
Proud Pru ParndejpongNov 13, 2017
This place is awesome! a local builder was digging for a new building and started finding relics.....I think they said in the 1990s? Then they uncovered a 1000 years of artifacts. This was a site, next to a small river, that would flood and silt over every 500 years, or so, and completely left four or five intact layers of this site undisturbed, and spanning a 1000 years.There is much jade and very unique culture that predates Han civilization by a 1000 years. I would highly recommend this site. It is astonishing . Many of the artifacts look other worldly, not Chinese at all. There are some great local eatery near to catch some good Chengdunese cuisine and a few beers. This museum should take a whole day.
Wm. WilesAug 23, 2016
We had a whole morning visiting this museum ..... Some great history of civilization was found a few thousand years ago with great craftsmanship of artifacts
Donald Gerard NgMar 5, 2017
An accidental finding during digging of a building foundation turned out to be the earliest knowing culture in Chengdu history. Lots of gold, jade, stone and clay artifacts were found. The famous gold plate with the sun and four mystery birds became the city symbol for Chengdu. The designs and craftsmanships of the artifacts had me say WOW to what people can do thousands of years ago.
R WangNov 6, 2016
Interesting place with a lot of interesting history behind it however if you can’t read or understand spoken Chinese you will not get very much out of it. Even the apps available offer little information about the relics in English. I suggest if you do want to go, take a guide or tour if you can only speak English. The dig site itself is quite bland and very very hot, the rest of the museum and gardens are quite comfortable and interesting. Price is reasonable and worth the visit, but don’t expect to get a whole lot out of it if you can’t read/understand chinese.
Matt RoweJul 26, 2018
one of the best museum in chengdu area.
Stephen WongJul 4, 2018
There is very little information about the things you are looking at (at least for English speakers)
Jake CowtonFeb 23, 2018
Interesting new discovery with ancient artifacts. Expect to spend about an hour to 1.5 hours here
Proud Pru ParndejpongNov 13, 2017
This place is awesome! a local builder was digging for a new building and started finding relics.....I think they said in the 1990s? Then they uncovered a 1000 years of artifacts. This was a site, next to a small river, that would flood and silt over every 500 years, or so, and completely left four or five intact layers of this site undisturbed, and spanning a 1000 years.There is much jade and very unique culture that predates Han civilization by a 1000 years. I would highly recommend this site. It is astonishing . Many of the artifacts look other worldly, not Chinese at all. There are some great local eatery near to catch some good Chengdunese cuisine and a few beers. This museum should take a whole day.
Wm. WilesAug 23, 2016
We had a whole morning visiting this museum ..... Some great history of civilization was found a few thousand years ago with great craftsmanship of artifacts
Donald Gerard NgMar 5, 2017
An accidental finding during digging of a building foundation turned out to be the earliest knowing culture in Chengdu history. Lots of gold, jade, stone and clay artifacts were found. The famous gold plate with the sun and four mystery birds became the city symbol for Chengdu. The designs and craftsmanships of the artifacts had me say WOW to what people can do thousands of years ago.
R WangNov 6, 2016
Interesting place with a lot of interesting history behind it however if you can’t read or understand spoken Chinese you will not get very much out of it. Even the apps available offer little information about the relics in English. I suggest if you do want to go, take a guide or tour if you can only speak English. The dig site itself is quite bland and very very hot, the rest of the museum and gardens are quite comfortable and interesting. Price is reasonable and worth the visit, but don’t expect to get a whole lot out of it if you can’t read/understand chinese.
Matt RoweJul 26, 2018
one of the best museum in chengdu area.
Stephen WongJul 4, 2018
There is very little information about the things you are looking at (at least for English speakers)
Jake CowtonFeb 23, 2018
Interesting new discovery with ancient artifacts. Expect to spend about an hour to 1.5 hours here
Proud Pru ParndejpongNov 13, 2017
This place is awesome! a local builder was digging for a new building and started finding relics.....I think they said in the 1990s? Then they uncovered a 1000 years of artifacts. This was a site, next to a small river, that would flood and silt over every 500 years, or so, and completely left four or five intact layers of this site undisturbed, and spanning a 1000 years.There is much jade and very unique culture that predates Han civilization by a 1000 years. I would highly recommend this site. It is astonishing . Many of the artifacts look other worldly, not Chinese at all. There are some great local eatery near to catch some good Chengdunese cuisine and a few beers. This museum should take a whole day.
Wm. WilesAug 23, 2016
We had a whole morning visiting this museum ..... Some great history of civilization was found a few thousand years ago with great craftsmanship of artifacts
Donald Gerard NgMar 5, 2017
An accidental finding during digging of a building foundation turned out to be the earliest knowing culture in Chengdu history. Lots of gold, jade, stone and clay artifacts were found. The famous gold plate with the sun and four mystery birds became the city symbol for Chengdu. The designs and craftsmanships of the artifacts had me say WOW to what people can do thousands of years ago.
R WangNov 6, 2016
Interesting place with a lot of interesting history behind it however if you can’t read or understand spoken Chinese you will not get very much out of it. Even the apps available offer little information about the relics in English. I suggest if you do want to go, take a guide or tour if you can only speak English. The dig site itself is quite bland and very very hot, the rest of the museum and gardens are quite comfortable and interesting. Price is reasonable and worth the visit, but don’t expect to get a whole lot out of it if you can’t read/understand chinese.
Matt RoweJul 26, 2018
one of the best museum in chengdu area.
Stephen WongJul 4, 2018
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