PRESENTER:'The earliest writing comes from 3,500 years ago, 'when China was ruled by the Shang dynasty. PRESENTER:'And I'm in the town of Shanqiu, which is named after those kings. PRESENTER:'Over ...

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.

As the earliest-known established writing system for Chinese characters, Shang Dynasty oracle bone inscriptions have become a key cultural icon, but the understanding of its development in the ...

According to the exhibition's curator Zhang Xia, Tianjin Museum houses more than 1,700 oracle bones spanning the late Shang ...

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 ... development of one of the world’s oldest ...

In 2010, a bronze, owl-shaped vessel was unearthed within a Chinese tomb at the Daxinzhuang Ruins in Jinan, Shandong province. The vessel contained a clear liquid dating back over 3,000 years.

One of them has been around for centuries: writing riddles on the sides of ... been celebrating the yearly autumn harvest since the Shang dynasty (c. 1600-1046BC). They would thank the gods ...

For more than 3,000 years, China’s oldest-known distilled spirit remained hidden inside a bronze, owl-shaped vessel unearthed within a Shang Dynasty tomb. Discovered in 2010 in Jinan, China, the ...