Puzzles of Sanxingdui

　　Sanxingdui is an example of ancient Chinese culture. The unique and wonderful Sanxingdui culture and civilization demonstrate the pluralistic origins of Chinese civilization. There was not only the Yellow River civilization, but also the Yangtze River civilization in China. Sanxingdui represents the Yangtze River civilization. At the same time, a new field of study field has opened up in academic circles. Many important academic problems about Sanxingdui have formed puzzles through the ages. The puzzles of Sanxingdui and ancient Shu history will hopefully be unlocked in the future.

　　Some questions include:

　　1. What is the source of Sanxingdui culture? Is it either from the New Stone Age culture in the upper reaches of the Su River, or from a certain kind of ancient regional culture moving upstream? Is there any relationship between Sanxingdui culture and Longshan culture in Shandong? Is the main part from Shandong? Is Sanxingdui culture the result of a combination of native and foreign culture, or the combination of many kinds of cultures? Was it was a purely local culture?

　　2. Where was the source of Sanxingdui inhabitants, belonging to Diqiang, Puren, Ba, Dongyi, Yue or Sanmiao (all of these were ancient national minorities)? Was there any close relationship between the stone-buried coffin culture in the upper reaches of the Ming River and Sanxingdui? Is it true that these natives came from Diqiang in the northwest and the upper reaches of the Ming River? Were the Sanxingdui inhabitants descendants of aboriginal peoples ?

　　3. What was the ancient Shu kingdom really like? What was the nature of politics and religion? Was it a loose tribal military league? Or was it a regional kingdom ruled by a dynasty in the central plains? Was the ancient country higher than a stable, relatively independent early country? Was it the native's own kingdom which was founded in earlier time? Was it governed by secular or religious authorities, or a combination of both?