The site of Sanxingdui in Guanghan and Jinsha Relic Site in Chengdu etc, have been successfully disentombed, which have unveiled the prosperous culture of ancient Shu.

    The civilization of ancient Shu not only shows a lot of distinctive characters from the contemporary civilization in center of China, but also confirms the theory that the Chinese nation originated from many parts of the country. Furthermore, it has shown an obvious character of the culture of the Western Asia, which could prove that Sichuan was one of the earliest regions which developed cultural communication with other regions. In all, the development of civilization in the Kingdom of Shu has greatly astounded the world.

    Taoist Cultur - Taoism, which bears dense color of God-believing and wicth ghost culture, is the only one non-imported religion in China. Taoism originated in Heming Mountain, in Dayi county of Chengdu, and Qingcheng Mountain, in the city of Dujiangyan. Historical records showed that in late Donghan Dynasty, Zhang Lin abandoned his official position and settled down in Heming Mountain, Dayi. He wrote Taoist books under the name of Taishanglaojun(a god)’ s nuncupation, meanwhile, he absorbed the local minorities’ primitive belief broadly in western Sichuan. Then, he established Taoism formally.

    Buddhist Culture - It can be traced backed to late Donghan Dynasty when Buddhism was introduced into Sichuan. Experienced evolvement for thousands of years, Buddhism formulated Chinese Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism, which dominated the east and the west respectively. From Sui and Tang Dynasty and Five Dynasties to Song Dynasty, Buddhism reached the height of power and splendour. That’s why Sichuan owns so many famous mountains and renowned temples as well as fine Buddhist sculptures and fresco relics.

    There are lot of famous temples in Sichuan, such as the Baoguang Temple, a renowned Buddhist temple in Xindu, the Shuanglou Hall in Liangping, the Wenshu Temple, the Zhaojue Temple and the Daci Temple in Chengdu , the Huangze Temple in Guangyuan, the Leshan Giant Buddha Temple, the Baoen Temple in Pingwu, and the Baoguo Temple, the Fuhu Temple, the Wannian Temple, the Goldsummit Temple in Mountain Emei and the Guangde Temple in Suining,etc.

     Almost all the inhabitants in Tibetan region of Sichuan believe in Tibetan Buddhism which is also called Lamaism. Tibetan Buddhism spread into Sichuan mainly in Tang Dynasty. Heretofore, a primitive religion named Benjiao was in popular. Buddhism in Tibetan region adopted the god from Benjiao into its own god, and borrowed the ritual from Benjiao as well. In addition, it combined a set of mysterious wizardry and conjuration with Benjiao. In Tibetan region, there are a lot of famous temples. There is Jingang Temple & Tagong Temple in Kangding County, Baban Temple, Yinjing Temple, Gengqing Temple, Dengqing Temple in Dege County, Dajin Temple, Ganzi Temple in Dazi County, Queling Temple, Shouling Temple in Luihe, Jiatuo Temple in Baiyu County, Sexu Temple in Shiqu County, Evergreen Ke’er Temple in Litang County, Ge’erdi Temple in Rou’ergai, Guangfa Temple in Jinchuan County, Ge’erdeng Temple in Aba County and Muli Grand Temple in Muli, Liangshang Mountain.

    Sichuan was the center of kingdom of Shu so relics of Three Kingdom should mainly leave in Sichuan. According to historical recordation and statistics released by current cultural relic protection units, it is obviously that there are more relic of Three Kingdom in Sichuan than in other provinces. Famous relics, such as the Temple of Marquis Wu in Chengdu, the Zhangfei Temple in Langzhong, the Jiangwei City in Wenchuan, the Jianmen Pass and the Road of Shu, the Tomb of Pangtong, the Tomb of Jiangwan, etc. The relics provided research and sight-seeing to the experts and visitors who high on the culture of Three Kingdom, which plays a crucial role in research of Three Kingdom.

    Kangba Culture - Ganzi prefecture is the origin of Kangba culture and it’s the place where Tibet-Han culture, cultivation culture and pasturage culture converge. In historical process, these cultures conflicted but absorbed from each other, formulating Kangba culture, which not merely contained similarities with cultures in other Tibetan regions, but also owned its historical and multi-ply characteristics, which is the most important feature of Kangba culture. Kangba culture is a multi-nationalities cultural system based on a Kangba-Tibetan culture. In Kangba area, besides Tibetan, there are some other nationalities, such as Han, Yi, Qiang, Naxi, Hui, etc. Even among Tibetan there are some different branches, such as self-proclaimed Babu, Guiqiong and Queyu Tibetan who speak Daofu, Guiqiong and Queyu language respectively and Baima Tibetan, Jiarong Tibetan, Muya Tibetan,etc. These Tibetans still have some differences in their culture and custom.

     Culture of Dongnu Regime (A nation led by female) - Dongnu kingdom was a tribe group and a regional regime in 6.7 A.D., which was an important civilization in Changdu area and the whole Tibetan history. It’s proved by experts that Dongnv kingdom bordered on Maozhou (today’s Maowen in Sichuan) in the east, and Yazhou (today’s Ya’an) in southeast, and it had very vast area, including the west to current Aba Maowen in Sichuan and the north to Batang, Litang of Ganzhi zhou, as well as the whole Changdu area. One of the prominent features of Dongnv kingdom is female-centered and woman-worshipping social system. The kingship succession adopted the mode combined with lifetime system and family monopoly system. Man are untitled to inherit the kingship. Although Dong kingdom collapsed, today, there are still some remained cultural elements of Dongnu kingdom in Sichuan and Tibetan. Today, Jiarong Tibetan in Sichuan Tibetan region and Mosuo people, on the bank of Lugu lake, etc, still adhere to the ancient worship to Muerduo Goddess mountain and remain the features of female-centered and woman-worshipping.

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