"Maenje operekera nsembe" asanu ndi limodzi, kuyambira zaka 3,200 mpaka 4,000, adapezeka kumene pamalo a Sanxingdui Ruins ku Guanghan, Southwest China m'chigawo cha Sichuan, malinga ndi msonkhano wa atolankhani Loweruka.

Pamalopo anapeza zinthu zoposa 500, kuphatikizapo masks a golide, zinthu za mkuwa, minyanga ya njovu, jade, ndi nsalu.

Malo a Sanxingdui, omwe adapezeka koyamba mu 1929, nthawi zambiri amawonedwa ngati amodzi mwamalo ofunikira kwambiri ofukula zinthu zakale m'mphepete mwa mtsinje wa Yangtze. Komabe, kukumba kwakukulu pamalowa kunangoyamba mu 1986, pamene maenje awiri - omwe amakhulupirira kwambiri miyambo ya nsembe - adapezeka mwangozi. Panthaŵiyo anapeza zinthu zoposa 1,000, zokhala ndi zinthu zambiri zamkuwa zooneka modabwitsa komanso zagolide zosonyeza mphamvu.

Chombo chosowa chamkuwazun, yomwe ili ndi mkombero wozungulira ndi thupi lalikulu, ili m'gulu la zinthu zomwe zafukulidwa kumene pamalo a Sanxingdui.