On June 2nd, the Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology announced the latest research results: the discovery of red jadeite from Sanxingdui witnessed early cross regional exchanges in China, revealing the trade network and cultural interaction of the Bronze Age in China. Liu Jiancheng, deputy research curator of Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, who participated in this study, introduced that 11 pieces of red jadeite beads were unearthed from the Sanxingdui sacrificial pit, dating back to about 1200 BC to 1000 BC. They came from pits 2, 5, 7, and 8, with quantities of 4, 1, 2, and 4, respectively. They provide crucial evidence for the reconstruction of the origin and dissemination of red jadeite raw materials and bead ornaments in East Asia. Archaeologists conducted trace element analysis on the red jadeite beads unearthed from Sanxingdui and found that their raw materials did not come from the local area, but from the Yanshan orogenic belt and its northern region, more than 1000 kilometers north of the Sichuan Basin. At the same time, researchers also compared the red jade pulp beads unearthed in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Beijing during the same period, and the results showed that these beads also had characteristics of raw materials from the north. This indicates that between 1500 BC and 1000 BC, there was a widespread and persistent trade exchange network that covered the southern part of the Mongolian Plateau, the Loess Plateau, the eastern part of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, the Central Plains region, and the Sichuan Basin. About 3000 years ago, the Sanxingdui society benefited from a long-distance interactive network that extended to northern China and possibly even the Mongolian Plateau, once again proving that during the Bronze Age, there was extensive and in-depth cultural exchange and interaction among various regions of China. The pattern of diverse and integrated Chinese civilization had already formed and developed thousands of years ago. ”Liu Jiancheng said. In the high-level tombs of the Western Zhou Dynasty in China over 1000 years ago, red jadeite beads suddenly appeared in large numbers and were regarded as a symbol of social hierarchy and cultural identity. The cultural relics unearthed from the Sanxingdui sacrificial pit are precious sacrificial items such as bronze ware, gold ware, jade ware, ivory, etc. These exquisite red chalcedony beads, along with the aforementioned items, appeared in the Sanxingdui sacrificial pit, indicating that the elite class of ancient Shu not only had access to high-value items thousands of miles away, but the exchange behavior itself was also a display of status and prestige. (Looking into the New Era)