Oracle bone, can be called the earliest systematic text found so far. It was mainly prevalent during the Xia Shang Western Zhou Dynasty. There are many theories about the origin of the Oracle, but the easiest to understand is the hieroglyph theory. We can see that many of the oracle bone texts still retain a certain pictogram.
Oracle bones were used for divination at that time, whether it was a major event in the country or a small matter in life. For example, the oracle bones will divinate military wars, will divinate which day it rains, will divinate whether their daughter-in-law will give birth to a big fat boy for themselves, what makes people feel amazing is that the oracle bones out of the divination words are actually "will give birth to dragons and phoenix fetuses", there are wood and thunder? But that's the way it is. It can be seen that the ancients had a reverence for the heavens, and because of the reverence, they would also understand the gods! Let's take a look at these oracle bones and see what your last name looks like in oracle bones!
Burn marks on the back of the oracle bone
On the front, the text is carved with a sharp knife, so the two ends will be sharper.
This is the positive content, the content is about the invasion of the northern tribes, the princes of the king, the field hunt and the celestial elephant. This oracle bone was excavated from the Wuding period of the Shang Dynasty (about the 13th century BC) and is said to have been excavated in Anyang, Henan.
This is a piece of chronicle rib carved in the sixth year of Emperor Yi or Emperor Xin of the Shang Dynasty. On one side is inscribed with writing that Di Xin rewarded the hunted rhinoceros with slaughter, while on the other side is engraved with animal faces, cicada patterns and dragon patterns, and embedded with turquoise.
This is the back, how many words can you recognize?
Let's find your last name
Found your Oracle last name?