A digital immersive exhibition centered on the Sanxingdui Site at the Meet You Museum in Beijing's 798 Art Zone has attracted a steady stream of visitors with its interpretation of the culture of Sanxingdui, a major site of Bronze Age civilization in Guanghan, Sichuan Province in southwest China, by combining sound, light and image technologies. 

The show presents the site's archaeological discoveries as well as the daily life, sacrificial culture and belief system of the ancient Shu Kingdom, a civilization that existed in southwest China some 4,800 years ago and was once only hinted at in myths and legends. It further features large-scale scene simulation and restoration, an exhibition of cultural relics and digital multimedia interaction. 

One of the highlights of the exhibition is the light show, where visitors can watch movies presenting restored classic images of the Sanxingdui Site in a 360-degree circular theater. Most of the site was discovered in the 1980s and 90s, when archaeologists unearthed artifacts following a preliminary discovery in 1929. 

This exhibition will close on April 7.

(Text and photos by Wei Yao)

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