What is the historical significance of Oracle Bone Inscriptions?

The historical significance of Oracle Bone Inscriptions is: 1, which strongly proves the authenticity of the existence of Shang Dynasty in China history; 2. It is of great significance to study the formation and evolution of Chinese characters; 3. The cultural history of China has been perfected, and the information in Oracle bone inscriptions provides the most primitive and authentic current affairs and life of Shang Dynasty for future generations, which is of great help to the study of modern history.

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Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the earliest systematic writing in China, which is mostly a divination record of the royal family in the Shang Dynasty, and contains rich information about social life.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions has three elements of form, sound and meaning of characters, which is in line with the function of creating characters in six books. It is an important material to study the original form of Chinese characters and the earliest form of Chinese grammar. Oracle Bone Inscriptions's glyphs and styles come down in one continuous line with the grammatical structure of modern Chinese characters and modern Chinese, which plays an important role in the study of ancient Chinese characters in China.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions's discovery rewrote the record of the history of world civilization, advanced the history of China's belief by 1000 years, promoted the excavation of Yin Ruins in Shangdu, contributed to the birth of modern archaeology in China, and made the academic track of China in the 20th century have a brand-new beginning.