Oracle Bone Inscriptions was discovered in 1899 and was first discovered in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in 1899. According to the statistics of scholar Hu Houxuan, more than 54,600 Oracle bones/kloc-0 were unearthed, including 97,600 in Chinese mainland, 30,200 in Taiwan Province, 89 in Hongkong and 65,438 in China.
In addition, Japan, Canada, Britain, the United States and other countries have collected more than 26,700 films. About 4500 words are engraved on these Oracle bones, and about 2000 words have been read so far.
Most Oracle Bone Inscriptions were found in Yin Ruins in Anyang City, Henan Province, China. Yin Ruins are famous sites of Yin Shang Dynasty, including Xiaotun Village, Huayuanzhuang and Houjiazhuang in the northwest of Anyang City, Henan Province. It was once the capital of the central dynasty in the late Yin Shang Dynasty, so it was called Yin Ruins. These Oracle Bone Inscriptions are basically the divination records of Shang rulers.
Oracle Bone Inscriptions's font features:
Oracle Bone Inscriptions varies in size, but it is balanced, symmetrical, stable and natural. As far as composition is concerned, although the size and shape of Oracle bones are different, each paragraph of text varies from material to material, and the layout is reasonable, showing a quaint taste.
What is particularly precious is that the handwriting of the Yin people found in the site is written in ink on jade, pottery fragments and animal bones, which is rich and round, shaped like a little bit of pigment and naturally hidden in the front; The rounded turning points such as horizontal needle and hanging needle, and the thin pen tip have provided many beneficial inspirations for the calligraphy reform in later generations.