The recent opening of a new exhibition building at the Sanxingdui Museum, in Guanghan, Sichuan province, made the place     1     instant tourist hot spot. The bronze heads, golden masks, holy trees and various statues reveal the     2     (mystery) faces of a culture dating back more than 3,000 years.

For those who cannot make it to Guanghan,     3     the extensive site of Sanxingdui is located, an immersive exhibition     4     (equip) with digital technology, titled Hello Sanxingdui, offers an alternative means to be awed by the magnificence of this Bronze Age culture at the Longfu Art Museum in Beijing.

It provides a time-travel experience for both an educational and artistic appeal. The journey begins     5     a brief timeline of texts, photos and videos, showing how Sanxingdui was first discovered in the 1920s, when objects     6     (find) by farmers digging an irrigation ditch; and it highlights the important moments in the past century’s continued archaeological (考古学的) efforts     7     (reveal) the myths surrounding Sanxingdui and the secrets yet to be uncovered.

On show     8     (be) life-size reproductions of dozens of astonishing artifacts (手工艺品), such as 2.6-meter bronze statues, 3.8-meter-wide bronze masks and “the holy tree” standing nearly 4 meters.

Images of these objects found at Sanxingdui and their     9     (pattern) have been digitalized, animated and projected on screens,     10     (lead) the audience into the ancient kingdom of Shu, which thrived (兴盛) for centuries in the southwest during the Zhou Dynasty, and disappeared suddenly, leaving many myths and legends.

More than 500 pieces of relics (遗物)     1     (discover) in recent months at the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in Southwest China’s Sichuan province, dazzling archaeologists with their historical value as well as the display of creativity.

The relics, discovered at the six new sacrificial pits of the ruins, include golden masks, jade and ivory artifacts and bronze wares     2     were delicately built and     3     (unique) shaped, said the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Heritage Administration.

The new finds bring the total number of items discovered at Sanxingdui to nearly 2,000     4     the excavation (挖掘) of No.3 to No.8 sacrificial pits began in October last year.

“The new discoveries demonstrate once again that imagination and     5     (create) of the ancient Chinese far exceeded     6     people today have expected,” said Tang Fei, chief of the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute.

Tang added that the excavation of the new pits has entered a critical stage,     7     more items yet to be unearthed and expected to challenge the     8     (convention) wisdom of archaeologists.

Originally discovered in the late 1920s, the Sanxingdui Ruins have been referred to as one of the world’s greatest archaeological finds of the 20th century.

Located in the city of Guanghan, around 60 km from the provincial capital Chengdu, the ruins covering     9     area of 12 square km are believed to be the remains of the Shu Kingdom,     10     (date) back some 4,500 to 3,000 years.