File photo shows a side view of the repaired bronze mask discovered at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. (National Cultural Heritage Administration/Handout via Xinhua)
CHENGDU, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- The largest bronze mask unearthed from the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province met the public at Monday's Spring Festival TV Gala.
The mask measures 131 cm wide, 71 cm tall and 66 cm deep, and weighs 65.5 kg, said Tang Fei, chief of the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute.
File photo shows a back view of the repaired bronze mask discovered at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. (National Cultural Heritage Administration/Handout via Xinhua)
File photo shows staff members repairing the bronze mask discovered at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. (National Cultural Heritage Administration/Handout via Xinhua)
File photo shows staff members repairing the bronze mask discovered at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute & Sanxingdui Museum/Handout via Xinhua)
Combo photo shows a bronze mask discovered at the No. 3 sacrificial pit of the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province (top, photo taken on Sept. 3, 2021 by Wang Xi), and the repaired bronze mask (bottom, file photo provided by Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute & Sanxingdui Museum). (Xinhua)
File photo shows staff members repairing the bronze mask discovered at the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute & Sanxingdui Museum/Handout via Xinhua)■
