No evidence of any written language has yet been found in Sanxingdui, for which reason our knowledge of the history of ancient Shu is extremely sketchy.
一來這些器物都是用於祭「神」，二來他們歷史卻是如此「神」秘，三來這些人像的造型誇張大膽，很有精神，四川話就說「神」來形容。