“Imingxuma yamadini” emithandathu, esusela kwiminyaka engama-3,200 ukuya kuma-4,000, yafunyanwa kwindawo entsha yaseSanxingdui Ruins eGuanghan, kumazantsi ntshona eTshayina kwiphondo laseSichuan, ngokwenkomfa yeendaba ngoMgqibelo.

Kwesi siza kwafunyanwa izinto ezingaphezu kwama-500, kuquka izigqubuthelo zobuso zegolide, izinto zobhedu, iimpondo zendlovu, iijeyidi namalaphu.

Indawo yaseSanxingdui, eyafunyanwa okokuqala ngo-1929, ithathwa njengenye yezona ndawo zibalulekileyo zenzululwazi yezinto zakudala ezisecaleni koMlambo iYangtze. Nangona kunjalo, ukugrunjwa okukhulu kwisiza kwaqala kuphela kwi-1986, xa imigodi emibini - ekholelwa ngokubanzi kwimikhosi yemibingelelo - yafunyanwa ngengozi. Zingaphezu kwe-1,000 izinto ezenziweyo ngelo xesha, ezinentaphane yezinto ezenziwe ngobhedu ezinenkangeleko yangaphandle kunye negolide ebonisa amandla, ezafunyanwa ngelo xesha.

Uhlobo olunqabileyo lwenqanawa yobheduZun, onongqameko olungqukuva kunye nomzimba osisikweri, uphakathi kwezinto ezisanda kufunyanwa kwisiza saseSanxingdui.