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³ARCHEOLOGIST BELIEVE SICHUAN PROVINCE IS "BIRTHPLACE OF     ³
³CHINESE CIVILIZATION"                                       ³
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³CHENGDU (APRIL 10) XINHUA - SOUTHWEST CHINA'S SICHUAN       ³
³PROVINCE WAS ANOTHER BIRTHPLACE OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION,    ³
³ACCORDING TO ARCHEOLOGISTS.                                 ³
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³SCHOLARS WHO ATTENDED AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM IN         ³
³COMMEMORATION OF THE DISCOVERIES AT SANXINGDUI NEAR GUANGHAN³
³CITY OVER THE PAST 60 YEARS SAID THAT BASHU CULTURE, WHICH  ³
³CENTERS AROUND SANXINGDUI IN GUANGHAN CITY, WAS ANOTHER     ³
³SOURCE OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION PARALLEL TO THE CENTRAL PLAIN³
³CULTURE IN HENAN PROVINCE AND HONGSHAN CULTURE IN NORTHEAST ³
³CHINA'S LIAONING PROVINCE.                                  ³
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³THE SITE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1931. IT WAS THE SITE OF AN      ³
³ANCIENT CITY, AND AMONG THE DISCOVERIES THERE ARE A BRONZE  ³
³SACRED TREE AND A BRONZE STATUE OF A MAN.                   ³
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³FINDS AND STUDIES SHOW THAT FROM 4,800 TO 3,000 YEARS AGO   ³
³AGRICULTURE WAS ALREADY PRACTISED ON THE WESTERN SICHUAN    ³
³PLAIN. THE PEOPLE OF THE AREA WERE SKILLED IN POTTERY MAKING³
³AND METAL SMELTING, WHICH ARE MAJOR CHARACTERISTICS OF A    ³
³CIVILIZATION.                                               ³
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³ABOUT 3,000 YEARS AGO THE KINGDOM MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED  ³
³AND THE CENTER OF BASHU CULTURE MOVED TO THE AREA OF        ³
³PRESENT-DAY CHENGDU.                                        ³
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³STUDIES PROVE THAT BASHU CULTURE DIFFERED MARKEDLY FROM THE ³
³OTHER ANCIENT CULTURES OF CHINA, CENTERING ON SACRIFICIAL   ³
³RITES.                                                      ³
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