Why are the Chinese characters that have been handed down to this day probably not the mainstream characters of our ancestors?

Because there were great valley civilizations, ancient Egyptian civilizations and ancient Roman civilizations in ancient times, they all had their own symbols to record the events at that time, so each tribe recorded them according to their living habits at that time. If civilization is not unified, mainstream writing will not be unified. There is no written record. It is famous that the ancients used knots to count.

The earliest archaeological discovery is Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Yin Ruins, which is regarded as the earliest writing of Chinese civilization. Later, some people thought that these figures in Yin Ruins were not mainstream figures, but the legends of witches and ghosts believed in Yin Ruins at that time. Therefore, these Oracle Bone Inscriptions symbols are the divination symbols of wizards, used to tell stories, ask questions and explain, and then presented to the king.

At that time, civilization was relatively backward, and we didn't know much about natural phenomena. Therefore, the disaster there is considered to be God's punishment, so we will ask for divination, which realizes inner comfort and appeasement. So in order to let everyone know, let the fortune teller record the answers and questions on the Oracle bones, so with the development of civilization, Oracle Bone Inscriptions is more difficult to carve, so in the later period, bronze inscriptions, Shi Guwen, Da Zhuan and Xiao Zhuan were slowly developed.

Because Shi Guwen is carved on several stone drums, the number is relatively small and the reference basis is insufficient, so it is not a writing system. Comparing the bronze inscriptions with Oracle Bone Inscriptions, we can also see that some characters in bronze inscriptions have no basis in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and the symbols of characters have changed greatly, which can't be traced back to the past.

Therefore, some monarchs will inevitably change their own characters when changing dynasties, so when we compare Oracle Bone Inscriptions, we will find some inscriptions on bronzes, but Oracle Bone Inscriptions doesn't. Therefore, there is a greater chance for future generations to change, so the Chinese characters handed down by ancestors are not necessarily mainstream characters.