Oracle Bone Inscriptions's explanation of nouns

Oracle Bone Inscriptions is an ancient script in China, which is also called "Wen Qi", "Oracle Bone Inscriptions", "Yin Ruins" or "tortoise shell and animal bones". As an early form of Chinese characters, it is a mature script of Shang Dynasty in China, which was first unearthed in Yinxu, Anyang City.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions was discovered in the Yin Ruins in Anyang City, Henan Province, China. It is the cultural product of the Shang Dynasty (about17th century BC1century BC), about 3600 years ago.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions has a symmetrical and stable pattern. Prepare three elements of calligraphy, namely, using a pen, finishing words and composing music. Judging from the number and structure of fonts, Oracle Bone Inscriptions has developed into a more rigorous and systematic writing. The "six-character" principle of Chinese characters is reflected in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. But the traces of the original picture and the original words are still obvious.

2017165438+1On October 24th, Oracle Bone Inscriptions successfully passed the evaluation of the International Advisory Committee on World Memory Engineering of UNESCO and was selected into the Memory of the World Register.

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The historical significance of Oracle Bone Inscriptions;

1, which confirmed that the history of Shang Dynasty is the history of China, and promoted the study of Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties.

2. It promotes the emergence and development of modern archaeology.

3. It promotes the collation of ancient documents and increases their credibility.

4. Promoted the development of ancient philology.

5. It promotes the development of art in oracle calligraphy.

Reference source

Baidu Encyclopedia-Oracle Bone Inscriptions