Jabarkan Penemuan dari Tulang ramalan

Di awal abad ke-20, para arkeolog di Anyang, Henan, menemukan ribuan potongan tulang dan cangkang yang dinamakan tulang ramalan. Tulang ramalan berisikan ukiran aksara yang berasal dari periode Dinasti Shang yang memperlihatkan bentuk-bentuk awal aksara Tionghoa. Pada masa itu digunakan di istana sebagai ramalan dan setelah terpakai kemudian disimpan. Benda-benda ini bernilai penting sebagai contoh aksara Tionghoa purba dan juga mengandung catatan-catatan tentang rakyat Tiongkok pada masa 2000 SM. Rakyat Shang tidak hanya dapat menulis tulisan pada potongan tulang tetapi mereka juga menulis pada barang-barang seperti kayu, bambu dan sutera.

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