First, China Chinese characters
China's Chinese characters are the crystallization and symbol of the wisdom of the Chinese nation. They have infinite charm and strength in the world of Chinese characters, and they have seen the wisdom of the ancients and the progress of the times. The history of Chinese characters in China is a historical process of development and evolution for thousands of years. According to the chronological order of development, it can be basically divided into pre-Qin, Qin, Han and Tang Dynasties, Song and Yuan Dynasties, Ming and Qing Dynasties, China Modern Characters and China Modern Characters.
Second, Chinese characters
Chinese characters, also known as Chinese characters and Chinese characters, are also called square characters, which are the recording symbols of Chinese and belong to morpheme syllables of ideographic characters. One of the oldest characters in the world has a history of more than 6000 years. Chinese characters have been used for the longest time so far. Chinese characters have experienced a long development process in China, and they are rich in cultural heritage. Chinese characters have two characteristics: one is pictographic, and the other is knowing.
It is also the only ancient gate temple system that has been passed down to this day. Chinese characters have always been the main official language in China. In ancient times, Chinese characters were also used as the only international communication language in East Asia. Before the 20th century, they were the official written standard characters of Japan, Korean Peninsula, Vietnam, Ryukyu and other countries, and all East Asian countries created their own Chinese characters to some extent.
Third, the evolution of Chinese characters
Chinese characters are gradually accumulated by scattered and individual characters, and then manually standardized after reaching a certain number, becoming a writing system. According to research, the original Chinese characters came into being in the middle of Neolithic Age, and it took about 2600 years to develop into a preliminary writing system.
The written history of China can be traced back to 6000 years ago. After 6,000 years of history, the evolution of Chinese characters in China can be simply summarized into five parts, namely, sound, shape, image, number and reason. The evolution process is as follows: The evolution of Chinese characters has experienced Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, seal script, official script, regular script, cursive script, running script and so on. Today, regular script is still widely used, but it is still in use.