Yin Ruins in Anyang, Henan

Where Oracle Bone Inscriptions Discovered

行走河南·读懂中国

殷墟：一片甲骨惊天下

 

Located in the northwest suburbs of Anyang city, Henan province, Yinxu, or the Ruins of Yin (Yin, today's Anyang), is the earliest capital site that can be confirmed by both historical records and archaeological excavations in China so far. Yin was the last capital of the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC).

殷墟，位于安阳市西北郊，洹河的南北两岸，是我国历史上第一个文献可考、为考古发掘所证实的商代晚期都城遗址。

 

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A large number of cultural relics, including stone tools, pottery wares, bronze wares, jade articles and oracle bones on which the earliest Chinese characters are carved, are collected and exhibited at the Yinxu Museum. With a history of over 3,000 years, oracle-bone inscriptions, a significant part of the project to trace the origins of Chinese civilization, have advanced Chinese history by about 1,000 years.

在殷墟博物馆中，藏有大量的石器、陶器、青铜器、玉器、甲骨文等出土文物。其中，殷墟出土的甲骨文为我们保存了3000年前的文字，把中国信史向上推进了约1000年，是中华文明探源工程的重要组成部分。（中文来源/大河网 编译/赵汉青 何蒙贺 视频/魏凯 播音/杨佳欣 审校/陈行洁）