In 1922, during his studies in the US, Li Ji, known as "the Father of Chinese Archaeology" in his later years, gave quite a strong opinion in terms of "the difference between alphabet and ...

China's oracle bone scripts, an ancient type of Chinese characters inscribed on animal bones or turtle shells, have successfully entered the UNESCO's Memory of the World Register, according to the ...

ZHENGZHOU, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- As a series of events being held to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the discovery of oracle bone inscriptions this month, the spotlight has been brought to the ...

The National Museum of Chinese Writing announced on July 12 that they are conducting a study on oracle bones characters. People can receive up to 100,000 yuan for identifying new characters and 50,000 ...

The South China Morning Post has reported the National Museum of Chinese Writing in Anyang, Henan Province, has been struggling to translate what are the oldest known examples of Chinese writing. It ...

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, inspected the Yinxu Ruins, the last capital of the Shang Dynasty (c.1600BC-1046BC), in Anyang, Central China's ...

Chen Nan draws a design manuscript at his studio in Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 24, 2019. (Xinhua/Li An) Move, words of the ancient! Chen Nan, a professor who has been in ...

Whether or not we have the skill to read them, Chinese characters are all around us. Examples of one of the world's oldest writing systems pop up anywhere you look: on gaudy backlit restaurant signs, ...

BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Those who use emojis to express themselves on social media can now choose between two sets that feature Chinese oracle bones dating back more than 3,000 years. "The Oracle ...