Golden Sun Bird Disc

Excursion to Jinsha Site Museum

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October 27th 2015
We went on an excursion to the Museum as part of the Class 10 Main Lesson. First we walked into neat gardens where we saw a golden disc depicting the Sun God Bird that had been excavated from the site. There plan originally was to build big houses and apartments on the site where the museum now stands, but while they were excavating they found elephant ivory tusks. Scientists later found out th ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more