“Imigodi yomhlatshelo” eyisithupha, eyaqala eminyakeni eyi-3,200 kuya kwengama-4,000, isanda kutholwa endaweni yaseSanxingdui Ruins eGuanghan, eSouthwest China esifundazweni saseSichuan, ngokwengqungquthela yezindaba ngoMgqibelo.

Kule ndawo kwavubukulwa izinto zobuciko ezingaphezu kuka-500, kuhlanganise nezifihla-buso zegolide, izinto zethusi, amazinyo endlovu, amajadi nezindwangu.

Indawo yaseSanxingdui, eyatholwa okokuqala ngo-1929, imvamisa ithathwa njengenye yezindawo ezibaluleke kakhulu zokuvubukula ezindaweni eziphakeme zoMfula iYangtze. Kodwa-ke, ukumba okukhulu esizeni kwaqala ngo-1986, lapho imigodi emibili - okukholelwa kakhulu emikhosini yemihlatshelo - yatholakala ngengozi. Ngaleso sikhathi kwatholakala izinto zobuciko ezingaphezu kuka-1,000, ezinenqwaba yezinto ze-bronze ezibukeka ngendlela engavamile nezinto zegolide ezibonisa amandla.

Uhlobo olungavamile lomkhumbi wethusizun, enomugqa oyindilinga nomzimba oyisikwele, iphakathi kwezinto ezisanda kutholwa endaweni yase-Sanxingdui.