The Golden Sun Bird or the Sun and Immortal Birds Gold Ornament ( zh, t=太陽神鳥金飾, s=太阳神鸟金饰, p=Tàiyáng Shénniǎo Jīnshì) is an ancient artifact, unearthed in 2001 from the Jinsha Ruins in

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), alternatively romanized as Chengtu, is a sub-provincial city which serves as the capital of the Chinese provin ...

City,

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of t ...

Province,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

. It is a ring-shaped piece of foil, made of nearly pure gold. The pattern consists of four birds, flying in the same

counterclockwise Two-dimensional rotation can occur in two possible directions. Clockwise motion (abbreviated CW) proceeds in the same direction as a clock's hands: from the top to the right, then down and then to the left, and back up to the top. The opposite ...

direction, located around the perimeter. The center is a sun pattern with twelve points. It is 12.5 cm in diameter, with a 5.29 cm inner diameter. It has a thickness of 0.02 cm, and weighs 20 grams. The piece is from the late

Sanxingdui Sanxingdui () is an archaeological site and a major Bronze Age culture in modern Guanghan, Sichuan, China. Largely discovered in 1986, following a preliminary finding in 1927, archaeologists excavated artifacts that radiocarbon dating placed in ...

culture, and is now located in the Chengdu Jinsha Ruins Museum.

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It is the logo of China Cultural Heritage. In 2011, the city of Chengdu selected the Golden Sun Bird as the design for its logo. The pattern is featured on the coat of arms of Joseph Tang Yuange, Catholic Bishop of Chengdu since 2016, as well as on the coat of arms of the Diocese of Chengdu. The sun bird was also used as the elements of the 2023 Summer World University Games in

. File:太阳神鸟金箔片, 2017-09-17.jpg, Golden Sun Bird in the museum exposition File:Sun and Immortal Bird Emblem in Jinsha.svg, Golden Sun Bird emblem File:Coat of arms of Joseph Tang Yuan Ge.svg, Coat of arms of Bishop Joseph Tang Yuange File:Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu.svg, Coat of arms of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chengdu (formerly spelt Chengtu) ( la, Dioecesis Cemtuana; zh, t=天主教成都教區, s=天主教成都教区) is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chongqing ...

File:成都东安湖体育公园主体育场 Chengdu Dong'an Lake Sports Park Stadium.jpg, Dong'an Lake Stadium, the main venue of the

2021 Summer World University Games The 2021 Summer Universiade ( zh, 2021年夏季世界大学生运动会), the XXXI Summer World University Games, commonly known as the Chengdu 2021 FISU World University Games, is a multi-sport event sanctioned by the International University Spor ...

, with an giant sun bird design on the roof

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{{Sichuan topics Shu (state) Culture in Chengdu Gold objects Shang dynasty Chinese art

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