Science and Technology Daily, Beijing, November 10 (Reporter Zhang Gailun) Yin Ruins archaeology and oracle bone inscriptions research has been an important achievement for a century of hard work and continuous success. It is an important reference for learning and understanding Chinese civilization and inheriting the excellent traditional Chinese culture.

On the 10th, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage held a work meeting on the important progress of the "Archaeological China" major project in Beijing, to report on the important achievements and new progress of the archaeological and oracle bone inscriptions research in Yinxu, Anyang, Henan Province.

　　Xu Lianggao, a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, systematically reviewed the archaeological history of Yin Ruins for more than 90 years.

He said that the archaeology of Yin Ruins has confirmed the history of the Shang Dynasty recorded in the literature, and systematically displayed the social and cultural aspects of the Shang Dynasty and the development achievements of the Shang Dynasty civilization.

In the new era, Yinxu Archaeology adheres to the concept of settlement archaeology, deepens multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary cooperative research, and strives to reveal a more comprehensive, authentic and vivid business culture.

　　The archaeological work system has revealed Huanbei's production methods of copper casting, bone making, pottery making and handicraft production and the layout pattern of the "combination of residence and burial".

The newly discovered palace and ancestral temple area has large pools, waterways and related architectural relics, which has changed the previous understanding of the overall pattern of the palace ancestral temple area.

A surrounding ditch was found in the eastern and western areas of the Wangling District of Yin Ruins, which broke through the understanding of the layout of the Wangling District and was a major progress in the study of the cemetery system in the Shang Dynasty.

The road system inside the Yin Ruins has been continuously revealed, and some residential sites, tombs, and handicraft workshops are densely distributed on both sides of some roads, providing important clues for further exploration of the Yin Ruins' urban layout and the distribution of clans.

　　Researcher Kong Deming from the Anyang Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology introduced a number of new discoveries in the peripheral area of ​​Yin Ruins.

At the Xindian copper casting site, 7 copper casting workshops, more than 10 house sites, and nearly 100 tombs were found in the late Shang Dynasty. The bronze ware with the inscription "Ge" was unearthed, indicating that the site may be a bronze ware managed by the "Ge" tribe. Foundry ruins.

The pottery production area, residential area and tomb area in an orderly layout were discovered at the Huanhao settlement site in the middle of the Taojia Business Dynasty, which further deepened the cognition of the social form of the settlements around Huanbei Mall.

At the settlement site of the late Shang Dynasty in Shaojiapeng, 3 groups of multi-entry courtyards consisting of 18 house sites, as well as a cemetery consisting of a large tomb in the shape of "Zhong", 23 small and medium-sized tombs and 4 chariot pits were unearthed. Several bronzes with the inscription "Ci" indicate that the Shaojiapeng site may have been the residence of the "Ci" family of historians in the late Shang Dynasty.

　　For more than 120 years, Oracle's discovery and research have also made important achievements.

According to Feng Shi, a member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a total of about 150,000 oracle bone inscriptions have been discovered, and more than 35,000 pieces have been excavated by scientific archaeology, and the number of single characters has exceeded 4,000 words. The compilation and publication, personnel training and other aspects have achieved fruitful results.

Scholars who have participated in the study of oracle bone inscriptions are all over the world, and their books are numerous and numerous, which have become an international academic topic and have made great contributions to the common development of human civilization.