三星堆是古蜀王国的遗址，距今已有3000年至5000年的历史了。

Sanxingdui is the site of the capital city of the ancient Shu Kingdom existing about 3,000 to 5,000 years ago.

　　三星堆一个奇特的文化现象是，这里出土了很多青铜面具。中国出土过许多青铜器，但从来没有青铜面具。这些青铜面具的脸型与现代当地人大不一样。这种面具代表了什么？考古专家也还不知道。除了青铜面具，还有一尊青铜铸成的人像，相貌和青铜面具的特征相同。

A very intriguing cultural phenomenon about Sanxingdui is the amount of bronze masks excavated. A large number of various bronze wares had been excavated in China before, but never had a bronze mask been found. The faces of those masks are strikingly different from those of the local modern people. What do those masks stand for? Even the archeologists haven't figured out the answer. Besides the bronze masks, there's a bronze human-figure statue, whose features are just like those of the masks.

　　三星堆文物还出土了金杖、青铜“神树”、象牙等。金杖长达1.42米，上面刻着神秘的纹饰；两只相向的鸟，两背相对的鱼，还有充满神秘笑容的人头像。青铜“神树”上站立着九只鸟。据研究，它不是一般意义上的鸟，而是一种代表太阳的神鸟。

Moreover, there were a gold crutch, bronze tree and ivories unearthed. The gold crutch is 1.42 meters long engraved with mysterious decorations, two birds facing each other and two fish turning their backs at each other. There was also a head statue with a secret smile. Standing on the bronze tree branches were 9 birds. According to the research, those are not common birds, but holy birds that represent the Sun God.

　　专家研究发现，三星堆的青铜文化与中国中原地区的青铜文化明显不同，而与世界上著名的玛雅文化、古埃及文化却非常接近。

According to the experts, the bronze culture civilization in Sanxingdui is very different from that of the Central Plains of China. Rather it is very close to other famous cultures, like the Maya culture or the ancient Egyptian culture.