Class Ⅱ(3)’s Visit to Jinsha Ruins Museum

Translated by Li Zongming

    三千多年前的古蜀大地万物葱茏。这里生活着蜀人的祖先，孕育出灿烂的金沙文明。匠心独具的精美铜器、玉器、金器展示着古蜀人精湛的技艺；数量惊人的象牙显示出当时古蜀国的在西南地区的重要地位；大量的陶器、石器则昭示着古蜀国繁荣的经济，已然发达的生产力……一个如此伟大的古老文明近在咫尺，我们没有理由错过！

More than three thousand years ago, all tings were luxuriant in the boundless land of the ancient Shu Kingdom, where lived the
ancestors of the Shu people and bred the brilliant Jinsha Civilization.  The uniquely imaginative and exquisite copper wares, jade
articles and gold objects have demonstrated the superb artistry of the ancient people in the Shu Kingdom, and the astonishing
number of ivories have showed the important place of the ancient Shu Kingdom at that period of time in the southwest, while the
substantial pottery wares and stone vessels have declared the prosperous economy and developed productive forces of the an-
cient Shu Kingdom.  We have no excuse to miss such a great ancient civilization which is close at hand.