Oracle Bone Inscriptions's Journey of Exploration

On July 9th, 20021year, You Ninghuan and her teachers and classmates went on an exploratory trip to Oracle Bone Inscriptions. This trip to the countryside made You Ninghuan more fully and profoundly appreciate the charm of Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

Before the expedition, You Ninghuan went to the Oracle Bone Inscriptions Library to investigate the history of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and found that among the world's four major self-source writing systems, which are composed of China ancient Chinese characters, ancient Egyptian holy books, Sumerian cuneiform characters and Central American Mayan characters, only China ancient writing system represented by Yin Ruins Oracle Bone Inscriptions has survived to this day. Moreover, on 20 17, 165438124 October, Oracle Bone Inscriptions successfully passed the evaluation of the International Advisory Committee on World Memory Engineering of UNESCO and was selected into the Memory of the World Register.

On the 20th, You Ninghuan came to Yinxu, a 5A scenic spot in Anyang, where Oracle Bone Inscriptions was first discovered. Here, You Ninghuan saw all kinds of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and learned that Oracle Bone Inscriptions was named after being engraved on the bones of tortoise shells, which is a book trace handed down from Shang Dynasty. It is known that Oracle Bone Inscriptions is more than 3,000 years ago. It is not only the earliest and most systematic data for studying the origin of Chinese characters, but also an important wealth for studying oracle calligraphy. From the perspective of calligraphy, Oracle Bone Inscriptions already has three basic elements of calligraphy, namely, using a pen, creating characters and composing a composition. Moreover, judging from the characters on Oracle bones, we already have the three elements of China's calligraphy, namely, writing, writing and composition. His brushwork lines are neat and thin, straight and thick, and his strokes are multi-folded, which has an influence on the pen and knife of seal cutting in later generations. From the perspective of structural fonts, the characters not only have changes, although they vary in size, they are relatively balanced and symmetrical, and also present a stable pattern. Therefore, from the perspective of composition, although influenced by the size and shape of bone chips, it still shows the carving skills and artistic characteristics of words. "oracle calligraphy" became popular among some calligraphers and calligraphy lovers, which proved its charm.

Up to 20 12 years, about 150000 pieces with more than 4500 words have been found in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. These Oracle Bone Inscriptions records are extremely rich in content, involving many aspects of social life in Shang Dynasty, including not only politics, military affairs, culture and social customs, but also astronomy, calendars, medicine and other science and technology. Judging from the 2,500 words identified by Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the methods of "pictographic, comprehending, pictophonetic, referring to things, transferring notes and borrowing words" have been developed, which shows the unique charm of China characters. After this exploration trip to Oracle Bone Inscriptions, You Ninghuan saw the wisdom of the ancients and the charm of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and was deeply impressed.

Character is the carrier of culture, and the birth and evolution of a character carries the memory of a nation. In the final analysis, the history of writing is a nation's life history, spiritual history, cultural history and spiritual history. As the ancient beginning of Chinese characters in China, Oracle Bone Inscriptions contains the genetic code of China culture. Approaching it means approaching the cultural roots of the Chinese nation. The inheritance of Oracle Bone Inscriptions can enhance China people's cultural self-confidence and national identity.