What historical documentaries in China have broadened your horizons and increased your knowledge?

The history of Chinese characters, which is an important witness to the long history of China culture. Our role is constantly evolving and transforming to meet our needs in production and life. From Oracle Bone Inscriptions to our simplified characters, I don't know how many ups and downs we have experienced. Now, these characters have become an indispensable part of our lives. Sumerian characters and ancient Egyptian characters contemporary with Chinese characters have long been lost in the long river of history. What's even more amazing is that our writing style is not only practical, but also has aesthetic conception in it, or wild or restrained calligraphy, which impressed all artists. The documentary History of Chinese Characters introduces our great Chinese characters. This documentary shows the development process and characteristics of Chinese characters in accordance with the development context from ancient times to the present.

The first episode of History of Chinese Characters is called Dawn of Civilization, which is about the origin of Chinese characters. With regard to the origin of Chinese characters, I think the most familiar thing is the creation of characters by Cangjie. Cang Xie is the Yellow Emperor's view of history, but it was not Cang Xie who created all the Chinese characters, but he collected and sorted out the circulated Chinese characters. Huai Nan Zi said? People used to write books, and ghosts cried when it rained at night. ? It is not difficult to see the role of words. The documentary tells us that before this, people could even write notes with knots. I have to admire our ancestors, so great and so clever. This episode also tells the textual research on some symbols on rocks and porcelain. We want to thank those who have contributed to them. Without them, the context of our Chinese characters might not be so clear.

The second episode is Dust-laden Oracle bones, which is obviously about Oracle bones. It is because of Oracle Bone Inscriptions that we can find the lost commercial civilization. Oracle Bone Inscriptions is a kind of writing in Shang Dynasty, and it is also known from the name that these words are carved on the bones of tortoise shells and beasts. Wang, an official and epigraphist in the late Qing Dynasty, was the earliest discoverer of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Legend has it that when he bought a kind of herbal keel, he found it engraved with words, which was very strange, so he bought all the keels in the drugstore. He found that each piece had a similar pattern on it. After a long study, he confirmed that it was an ancient Chinese character, which came from Shang Dynasty. We should thank Wang, but for his accidental discovery. I wonder how many precious historical materials will be swallowed up by people as medicinal materials. This is simply the loss of our civilization.

This program has six episodes, which is very instructive. You can go and have a look.