In which dynasty did Oracle Bone Inscriptions appear, and where was it mainly unearthed?

Mainly in the late Shang Dynasty in China (14~ 1 1 century), the royal family carved Oracle Bone Inscriptions's characters on tortoise shells or animal bones for divination. However, according to the existing archaeological data, it was not unique to the Shang Dynasty, but existed before the Shang Dynasty.

Fu Sinian, Institute of History and Linguistics, Academia Sinica, decided to excavate 1928 Yin Ruins. Dong Zuobin led the team for the first time, and it was 15 times before and after, 1937. In addition to Xiaotun Village on the south bank of Huanshui, the excavation site also extends to Hougang, Northwest Gang of Houjiazhuang, Gaojingtaizi and Dasikong Village on the north bank of Huanshui. More than 24,900 tortoise shells and animal bones have been unearthed. During the Anti-Japanese War, this work was forced to stop, and a large number of Oracle bones were transported to Japan with many cultural relics, reaching more than 12 thousand pieces.

1973,4,805 pieces of Oracle Bone Inscriptions were unearthed in Xiaotun South.

199 1689 pieces were unearthed in H3 pit in the east of Yinxu Garden in Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

1899, Wang, a epigraphist, found some very old characters (i.e. Oracle Bone Inscriptions) engraved on the keel sold by Beijing Chinese medicine shop, and realized that it was a very precious cultural relic, so he began to buy it with heavy money. 1900, Wang's Oracle bones were transferred to Liu E. His in-laws Luo Zhenyu learned that these Oracle bones came from Xiaotun Village in Anyang, Henan Province, so he sent people there many times to buy Oracle bones, and made some textual research on their words, thinking that Xiaotun was the Yin Ruins mentioned in the literature. Later, Wang Guowei made textual research on these materials in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and further confirmed that this is the capital city where Pan Geng moved its capital. In the 25th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1899), Oracle Bone Inscriptions was first known by epigraphist Wang and bought at a high price. In the following ten years, Wang Xiang, Meng, Liu E, Luo Zhenyu, and Farlian of the United States successively searched for Oracle bones, Shouling and the United Kingdom, Taifu Lin of Japan, and Canadian ones. , * * * got tens of thousands of pieces of Oracle bones. From 1928 to 1937, the archaeological team of the Institute of History and Linguistics of Academia Sinica carried out a planned excavation of Yin Ruins, which was carried out for 15 times, and about 25,000 pieces of Oracle Bone Inscriptions were obtained. Since then, Oracle bones have been unearthed in Yin Ruins. 1973, the Institute of Archaeology of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences excavated more than 4,000 pieces of Oracle bones in Xiaotun South, Anyang, Henan. In addition to the Yin Ruins, two inscribed Oracle Bone Inscriptions pieces were also found in Zhengzhou 1953 and 1954 sites in the middle of Shang Dynasty. /kloc-since 0/954, about 300 inscriptions on bones and tortoise shells have been unearthed in Hongdong, Shaanxi, Changping, Zhouyuan Fenghao Site and Feng Chu, Qishan, Shaanxi.