This exhibition explores the evolution of Chinese characters from ancient times to the present. Chinese script is one of the oldest written languages in the world and the only ancient language still ...

H: 35 3/8, W: 13 1/4 in. H: 89.87, W: 33.66 cm.

Since farmers began digging up ancient bone fragments in the fields around the Yellow River in eastern China over 100 years ago, researchers have been poring over the mysterious script found on them.

Chinese archeologists have discovered new forms of the earliest Chinese characters and rare human skull oracle bones in their latest study of thousands of ancient inscribed animal bones and tortoise ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. [1] All Chinese calligraphy in the ...

While dating back 3,000 years, no one recognized how special the oracle bones of the Shang Dynasty were until 1899. Yet the antiquarian who first perceived the value of the artifacts, etched with ...