Narrator: One of the most exciting objects or artefacts we have from the Shang Dynasty are oracle bones. They are animal bones covered in ancient writing and were used to try to predict the future.

Narrator: Over three and a half thousand years ago ancient China was ... known Chinese writing was also found there, tens of thousands of inscriptions on oracle bones, telling us a lot about life, ...

There is no one "oracle bone" — about 13,000 have been found — but these relics hint at the development of writing in ancient China. They date from the late Shang Dynasty, (circa 1250 B.C. to ...

The archaeological site of Yin Xu, close to Anyang City, some 500 km south of Beijing, is an ancient capital city of the late Shang Dynasty (1300 - 1046 BC). It testifies to the golden age of early ...

Magnificent large-scale archaeological sites such as expansive settlements, city sites, palaces and mausoleums reflect ...

The bones were used for fortunetelling, as well as recording and composing the earliest-known formal writing system in China ... bones spanning the late Shang Dynasty (c. 16th century-11th ...

One of them has been around for centuries: writing riddles ... According to Pak, the Chinese have been celebrating the yearly autumn harvest since the Shang dynasty (c. 1600-1046BC).

The Shang Dynasty is best remembered as ... a theory supported by archaeological findings and ancient writings. The earliest examples of Chinese writing originate in this dynasty alongside ...

The United Nations Headquarters held a series of activities on Tuesday to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Language Day, which ...