Tortoise shell divination

In divination, tortoise shells will make a crackling sound when roasted with fire, which is often understood as God's message. Another important basis for burning Oracle Bone Inscriptions's content is the tortoise shell crack that appears at the same time as the tortoise shell sound, which is full of infinite mystery in the eyes of fortune tellers. This method of divination is called burning tortoise shells. The burn marks on the Oracle bones are dense, and the structure of the words is also taken care of. Guo Moruo once lamented that the beauty of his deeds and his words have fascinated our generation and future generations for thousands of years.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the abbreviation of tortoise shell and animal bones, also known as tortoise shell, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Oracle, Wen Qi and Yin Qi. It is the earliest mature writing found in the Bronze Age (about BC 1339- 128 1 year) in which activities such as divination and sacrifice were recorded on tortoise shells, animal bones and human bones in Shang Dynasty. /kloc-It was unearthed in Xiaotun, Anyang, Henan Province at the end of 0/9, and was called "Yin Ruins" in history. Oracle Bone Inscriptions has possessed the three basic elements of China's calligraphy, namely, writing, writing and composition, and has formed a solemn and solemn calligraphy style, which is the oldest and most extreme calligraphy style. Burning tortoise shells to predict good or bad luck is the main way for wizards in Shang Dynasty to predict good or bad luck. This discovery shows that the Central Plains culture had spread to Hefei at that time.

Because Shang Wang knew everything, Oracle Bone Inscriptions's content involved all fields of Shang society. According to the information about the Shang class and country in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, slaves and civilians in the Shang Dynasty were made up of many people, including Xiao, Qiang, servants, concubines? #9 1 and other people with different identities. Slave owners and nobles include former princes and their spouses, such as, Yan, Mu, Zi Ru and Duo Zi. Officials at all levels include Shangshu, Yin, Shi Zhong, Dog, Ya, Ma, She, Hou and Bo. The army has divisions, brigades, etc. Penalties include beheading, beheading, beheading, beheading, etc., and prison "graves" are also set up. Oracle Bone Inscriptions also recorded the human sacrifice in Shang Dynasty, which is directly related to solving the social nature of Shang Dynasty. The Shang Dynasty often waged wars with foreign countries, and the conquered countries paid tribute to the Shang Dynasty. In Oracle bone inscriptions, it is often recorded that families have come and entered horses, cattle, sheep and turtles.