Chang Kuang-yuan, chief curator of the Department of Antiquities at the National Palace Museum, traveled to Sichuan Province in 1994 to take part in an academic conference on Sanxingdui and examine the excavation work at the sacrificial burial pits.
原來，早在民國八十三年，故宮博物院器物處處長張光遠便曾赴四川參加三星堆的學術研討會，實際勘查祭祀坑出土的狀況。