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香港經濟日報·生活·· 13 days agoAI score36

Yinxu Museum oracle bone diaries reveal: did Shang dynasty princes also fear going to school 3,000 years ago?

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The new Anyang Yinxu Museum's oracle bone special exhibition "Who Was Zi" displays divination bones unearthed from Huayuanzhuang East, recording the daily life of a Shang dynasty prince 3,000 years ago, including divining whether heavy rain would fall on the way to the "writing school", missing the target in archery, and suspicions of "tooth disease". The museum also houses the only bovine-shaped bronze zun found at Yinxu to date, the "Yachang Niu Zun", as well as the Simuxin bronze ding weighing 128 kilograms, cast in sacrifice to "Fu Hao". The surface of the "Tunnan oracle bones" retains as many as 93 individual characters, recording the Shang king's divinations for hunting expeditions.

Source: 香港經濟日報·生活 · paper.hket.com