Duan Yu 
Discovering the Sanxingdui 

This book is a popular reading material that scientifically and systematically reflects the research results of Sanxingdui culture, the center of ancient civilization in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The whole book is printed in four colors, with more than 600 color pictures. The pictures and texts are rich in pictures and texts, showing the connotation of Sanxingdui civilization in simple language. The whole book discusses the agriculture, handicraft, city, transportation, trade and other economic aspects of Sanxingdui civilization in detail, and conducts a comparative study of Sanxingdui civilization and the civilization of Central Plains and other regions as well as the ancient civilization of West Asia. It starts from Sanxingdui – the reappearance of civilization, theocracy and civilization, the operation system of theocracy, the ancient Shu civilization and the Xia-Shang civilization and the civilization of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, the ancient Shu civilization and the ancient Eurasian civilization, the Southern Silk Road – the ancient Sino-Indian transportation and Chinese silk spread to the west. This book expresses profound academic research results in easy-to-understand language, which is both academically high and popular. It comprehensively and systematically introduces the mysterious ancient Shu civilization in a scientific and knowledgeable way, and gives interesting scientific explanations to the various unsolved mysteries shrouding the Sanxingdui civilization.