Sanxingdui has produced a wealth of amazing Bronze Age objects. Many of these treasures were intentionally ruined or burnt before being buried, (raise) questions about what they were used for and how they met their end.
Among those objects, a huge bronze mask (面具) that (discover) in 2021,measures 71 cm high by 131 cm wide, and (date) back to around 1300-1100BC. It is the (large) bronze mask ever found at the site. The face, eyes, and ears were cast (separate) and then connected together. The openings in the center of the forehead and on both sides of the face were intended to attach the mask something. Remains of silk have been observed near the right eye —clues for further research into the use and function of the mask.
The bronze masks, heads, and statues discovered were distinctive in China, and indeed anywhere else. It seemed that this superb artistry was expressing unique view of the world that developed in and around Sanxingdui, lay in the Sichuan basin of the Yangtze River, a remote region (surround) by high mountains.
Sanxingdui disappeared for a long time. The site could once be counted among the greatest Bronze Age cities in Southeast Asia, but it was not to last. Sometime around 1000 BC, the settlement was abandoned and its (significant) was eventually forgotten.
