The "Sun Bird" gold ornament is a piece of gold foil unearthed in 2001 from the Jinsha Site in Chengdu, Sichuan. It is a work of the late Shang Dynasty and can be said to be the treasure of the Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum.

Jinsha Ruins Museum: Jinsha Ruins Museum is a heritage museum established on the original site of Jinsha Ruins. It is also a special museum displaying the ancient Shu culture in Sichuan during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The Jinsha ruins were discovered in 2001, and the museum was opened to the public in 2007.

The Jinsha Heritage Museum consists of the ruins hall, exhibition hall, visitor center, cultural relics protection and restoration center, Jinsha Theater, garden area and other parts. It is a modern garden-style museum integrating education, research, and leisure, and has become an iconic landscape representing Chengdu's long history.

Introduction to the Sun Bird

The "Sun Bird" gold ornament: The entire gold ornament is in the shape of a ring, with a hollow sun in the middle, with twelve rays of rays, curved counterclockwise. Rotate. There are four divine birds around the outside with their heads stretched out in front and behind, occupying the top, bottom, left, and right directions, arranged head to tail counterclockwise, and they are also hollow. It was a piece of gold foil as thin as a cicada. When it was first discovered, it was lumped into a ball. When it was cleaned up, it was unfolded little by little, and the pattern that was revealed shocked everyone.

The gold ornament pattern is expressed in a hollow manner and is divided into two layers: the inner layer is like a rotating fireball, and twelve tooth-shaped rays of light are equidistantly distributed around the outer edge of the fireball. The outer pattern consists of four flying birds connected front and back. The four sacred birds fly around the rotating sun. The sun in the center sprays twelve rays of light around, reflecting ancient humans' strong worship of the sun and birds. Therefore, it is also known as the "Four Birds Circle the Sun" and is a representative of the glorious achievements of gold craftsmanship in the ancient Shu Kingdom.