Oracle bone inscriptions are an ancient Chinese script, also known as "Chi Wen", "oracle bone inscriptions", Yin ruins inscriptions or "tortoise shell and animal bone inscriptions"。It is an early form of Chinese characters and a mature script in the Shang Dynasty of China. It was first unearthed in the Yin Ruins of Anyang City, Henan Province。

Oracle bone inscriptions have a symmetrical and stable pattern。Prepare the three elements of calligraphy, namely, the use of the pen, the formation of characters, and the method of composition。 Judging from the number and structure of fonts, Oracle script has developed into a more rigorous system of writing。The principle of "six books" in Chinese characters is reflected in oracle bone inscriptions。But traces of the original pictography are still evident。

Oracle bone script plays an extremely important role in the long development history of Chinese characters, and it is well-deserved as the ancestor of modern Chinese characters。The germination of Chinese characters appeared about in the late Neolithic pottery carving symbols。However, although these characters have the rudiments of writing, they are all simple symbols and words, without a complete system and law。Really have a certain system and a relatively strict law of the text, the earliest to be considered Oracle。According to research, there are about 4,500 unrepeated characters in the Oracle bone script, and about 1,700 characters have been recognized, and these words are not all the characters in use at that time。Oracle bone inscriptions are valuable materials for the study of ancient characters。Chinese characters spsprout earlier, in the Neolithic Age Yangshao culture pottery, found a variety of symbols, became the embryonic form of Chinese characters, after two or three thousand years of pregnancy, development, to the Shang Dynasty, Chinese characters reached the basic maturity stage。Oracle bone inscriptions have a certain system and relatively strict laws, rich in content, and play an important role in the study of ancient Chinese characters。

Oracle bone inscriptions record and reflect the political and economic conditions of the Shang Dynasty, mainly referring to the characters engraved on tortoise shells or animal bones by the royal family for fortune-telling and fortune-telling in the late Shang Dynasty of China. This collection is exquisite in appearance and natural in texture, worthy of collection。