In the twilight of spring, on the bank of the Yinxu Huan River, the reeds are swaying, and the warblers are flying and the grass is growing.
"Rats, pigs, sheep ......" less than 400 meters away from the ruins of Yinxu Palace Zongmiao Xiaotun oracle bone book house, primary school students are listening to the teacher Yang Pei tell about the pictograms of these oracle bone characters, the children use the oracle bone script to write the word "Fu" bookmark, the pen is different, the character shape is lively.
The oracle bones are scattered into the spring breeze and are full of Yindu
The knife is engraved, the fingertips are dancing, and the pen is depicted...... On the same day, in the oracle bone book house of Anyang No. 63 Middle School, middle school students were using carving, paper-cutting and calligraphy works to tell their feelings for oracle bone inscriptions.
Huang Jingbo talks about the oracle bone collection
"Our bookstore caters to people of all ages, and students love to read about oracles. The person in charge, Huang Jingbo, is a rigorous person, and more than 8,000 books are carefully selected by him. He pointed to the "oracle bone" books that filled the shelves and explained them to us.
In the Xiaotun Book House, children are writing oracle bone book signatures
The water of the Huanhe River is long, the wind of Yin Shang is swinging, in the park, in the square, in the school...... The city of Anyang has been deeply marked with the mark of oracle bones. Through the unique oracle bone bookstore, the citizens of Anyang travel through history, arrive at the other side of thought, and find the source of empathy for the "low-key ancient capital".
"In order to let more citizens understand the oracle bone inscription and love the traditional culture, each bookstore has books related to the oracle bone inscription, which is convenient for readers to read and study, which is one of the distinctive features of the oracle bone bookstore. Cao Yanli, a member of the Party Group of the Culture, Radio, Sports and Tourism Bureau of Yindu District, Anyang City, told reporters that the love of readers for the activities of the book house has achieved the expected results, and even exceeded expectations.
Yang Pei is telling the story of the oracle bone inscription to the children
"Knowing an oracle bone inscription every day, holding public welfare classes every week, setting up hand-rubbing and other activities, entertaining and teaching, so that children can experience and master oracle bone inscription in 'play'. Yang Pei, the person in charge of Xiaotun Bookstore, believes that they occupy the right time and place, and it is their responsibility to spread oracle bone inscriptions.
Located in the park, the oracle bone book house of Danfeng Yuan is full of oracle bone elements, books, handicrafts, flower pots, calendars, sticky notes...... These are all co-produced by the person in charge, Li Fengxia, and the readers.
Li Fengxia shows handicrafts with oracle bone elements
Play with her, grow up with her, and retire with her. The oracle bone inscription accompanied Li Fengxia throughout her life.
She grew up in the Anyang Yubei Yarn Factory, playing at the archaeological site of Yinxu, and the oracle bone elements filled her most memorable childhood. After retiring, in addition to copying oracle bone inscriptions, Li Fengxia also became a volunteer at the Danfeng Yuan Oracle Bone Book House, from amateur to professional, she likes to search for common materials in life with readers as a carrier for writing oracle bone inscriptions. Nowadays, the oracle bone script has been turned over several copies, and the handicrafts that condense the wisdom and sweat of the designer are more and more loved and recognized by readers.
From "Book from Heaven" to "National Tide" makes oracle bone reading interesting
"Absolute learning" is no longer cold, and has flown into the homes of ordinary people. From Anyang to Zhengzhou, what has changed is the geographical location, and what has not changed is people's obsession and emotion for words.
Yuan Yong told the children about the oracle bone characters on the carved words of the Zhu Niu bone for sacrificial hunting
On April 13, in the Wenxin Library near the Fortune Plaza on Jingsan Road in Zhengzhou City, Yuan Yong, vice president of the Henan Children's Literature Society and a scholar of traditional culture, was telling the children about the oracle bone characters on the carved words of the sacrificial hunting Tuzhu ox bones.
Behind the slightly different shape of the word "car" is recorded a car accident that happened to the Shang king Wu Ding. From oracle bone inscriptions to Chinese characters, the evolution of the written word fascinated children. Yuan Yong told reporters that it is necessary to let children understand the history of the evolution of the great Chinese characters, so as to fall in love with the history of our nation and the writing of our country.
An oracle bone inscription event held in the Oracle Bone Book House in Danfeng Garden
"Behind every oracle bone inscription is a living story. Yao Zemin, vice president of the Oracle Art Society of the China Academy of Art, believes that the inheritance of oracle bone inscriptions must be combined with life, and people can tell them in a way that "they can understand when they hear and see them", which is more conducive to the circulation and popularization of oracle bone inscriptions.
From the expert's desk to the student's desk, from the "word capital" Anyang to all directions, more and more oracle bone popular science readings, the obscure oracle bone interpretation is full of fun, readers can read their words, read their texts, think about their things, touch the source of civilization, and enhance cultural self-confidence.
The oracle bone dictionary vividly "deduces" the development of the text
The reporter learned that in recent years, many books that guide ordinary readers to read oracle bone inscriptions have come out, and the Chinese Language Publishing House and the Commercial Press have published selected readings of oracle bone scriptures, which have also played a certain role in inheriting and promoting oracle bone inscriptions as an introductory book to oracle bone inscriptions.
In Yuan Yong's view, cultivating interest in reading oracle bones is the first priority: "I also hope that professionals can publish more oracle bone reading materials that are easy to understand in language and expression, or convey the information of oracle bones to readers through interesting means such as comics." ”
Professional Transformation Rejuvenates Ancient Characters
Li Youxi, who graduated from Zhejiang Normal University in the direction of oracle bone inscription, uses short videos to tell, deduce, or interact to make the words "lying" on the oracle bone tablets "live", and has also accumulated 800,000 fans.
In order to make her narrative more scientific and rigorous, she usually reads various oracle bone dictionaries, oracle bone dictionaries, and essay collections.
Li Youxi, a blogger who uses video to talk about oracle bone knowledge
"In recent years, there have been more and more oracle bone reading materials for the public, such as oracle bone character cards and oracle bone picture books for preschool children, and reading books for senior students and adult readers to interpret oracle bone inscriptions and the history and culture behind them. Li Youxi told reporters that she is planning to publish a popular science book that combines oracle bone inscriptions with the history of the Shang Dynasty, and put the oracle bone inscriptions into the history of the Shang Dynasty.
"The short video about oracle bones is still not systematic and in-depth enough, so I want to systematically explain oracle bones to readers in the form of books. This book is based on the oracle bone inscription as a clue and an introduction, with the aim of allowing more readers to understand the social culture of the Shang Dynasty and the origin of Chinese culture. Li Youxi said.
Over the years, Zhang Sufeng has published a series of popular science books on oracle bones
In recent years, Zhang Sufeng, deputy director of the Research Center for the Inheritance, Dissemination and Education of Chinese Character Civilization at Zhengzhou University, has edited a large number of popular reading materials for ancient characters. Among them, the 12 volumes of "Explaining Words in Primary School Textbooks" are specifically aimed at primary school students and match the teaching progress of each grade. Currently, she is leading a paleography project to create popular reading materials for primary and secondary school students.
How to create easy-to-understand popular science books on oracle bones? Zhang Sufeng believes that the first thing is to understand what kind of reading materials readers need in primary and secondary schools. At the same time, experts and scholars in paleographies should be willing to devote enough time and energy to the creation of popular reading materials on oracle bones.
There are more and more oracle reading materials to help promote the publicity
In Yuan Yong's view, oracle bone inscriptions are popular books in social sciences, and professional scholars often do not have the energy to engage in the writing of popular books, and there are many difficulties in the transformation of language thinking. To this end, he suggested that oracle bone popular science books should be included in the academic evaluation standards to stimulate the creative motivation of experts and scholars. Government departments can also come up with funds to increase support for popular science reading materials in ancient characters, so that popular science reading materials in oracle bones can be standardized, professional, vivid and interesting. (Text/Mo Shaohua, Liu Ruichao, Li Dongbao, Video/Li Siyu, Poster/Hu Hanze)