Characteristics of Oracle Bone Inscriptions's Word-making

Oracle Bone Inscriptions is characterized by strong imagery, many strokes, thin lines and many strokes.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions was carved with a knife. The knife was sharp and blunt, and the bone was thin and thick, hard and soft. Therefore, the strokes carved out were different in thickness, even as thin as hair, and the joints of the strokes were peeled off, thick and heavy. Structurally, the length and size are not necessarily the same, or the dispersion is uneven; Or the dense layers are stacked, which is very neat and solemn, so it can show the infinite interest of simplicity and variety.

Brief introduction of Oracle Bone Inscriptions

Oracle Bone Inscriptions is an ancient script in China, which mainly refers to the script carved on tortoise shells or animal bones by the royal family in the late Shang Dynasty in China. It is the earliest mature Chinese character we can see, and it is also the earliest known carrier of systematic characters in Shang Dynasty in China and East Asia. It was first discovered by Wang.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions's pattern is symmetrical and stable, which has three elements of calligraphy, namely, writing, writing and composition. 20 17,165438+1October 24th were successfully selected into the Memory of the World.

On June, 2022165438+1October 10, National Cultural Heritage Administration held a working conference on the important progress of the major project of "Archaeological China" in Beijing, and made a special report on the important achievements and new progress in the archaeology of Yin Ruins in Anyang, Henan.

Collection organization

China National Museum has the largest collection of Oracle bones in China and even in the world, with 3565 1 piece. Most of them are donated by famous artists and bought from private individuals and shops. Among them, Mr. Liu Tizhi has the largest collection, with 150 boxes and more than 28,000 pieces. Oracle bones collected by the National Library are also recorded in Luo Zhenyu's Book of Yin Ruins, Hu Houxuan's Collection of Newly Acquired Oracle bones in Beijing and Tianjin after World War II, Guo Moruo's Collection of Nazi Yin Qi and Guo Ruoyu's Collection of Yin Qi.

The National Library of China is also rich in Oracle Bone Inscriptions rubbings. In addition to Oracle bone inscriptions, there are 18 volumes and four letters, with more than 28,000 volumes. In the Collection of Oracle Bone Inscriptions edited by Guo Moruo, there are more than ten kinds of Oracle Bone Inscriptions rubbings in the collection.