October 28 afternoon

General Secretary Xi Jinping

Visited Anyang City, Henan Province

The Ruins of Yin Ruins on the North and South Banks of the Huanhe River in the Northwest Suburbs

General Secretary Xi Jinping said

Yearning for Yin Ruins for a long time

This time, I want to learn more about Chinese civilization

past for present

Provide reference for better building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation

Yin Ruins is the first document in the history of our country that can be tested

confirmed by archaeological excavations

Late Shang Dynasty Capital Ruins

Tourists visit the chariot and horse pit in the ancestral temple site of Yinxu Palace in Anyang, Henan (photo taken on October 14, 2018).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li An

1928

Chinese archaeologists officially launched the scientific archaeological work of Yin Ruins

in nearly a century

Found here

Shang Dynasty palace and ancestral temple building foundation, royal tombs, sacrificial pits,

Settlement ruins, handicraft workshop ruins, oracle bone pits, etc.

A surprising number of unearthed

Exquisite cultural relics such as oracle bone pieces, bronze ware, jade ware, pottery, bone ware

It comprehensively and systematically shows the style and appearance of the capital of the late Shang Dynasty in my country.

Tourists view Bu Jia on display at the Yinxu Museum in Anyang, Henan Province (photo taken on October 12, 2018).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li An

Among the many archaeological discoveries in Yin Ruins

One of the most important discoveries was the oracle bone inscriptions

Oracle bone inscriptions preserve 3,000-year-old text for us

Pushing the history of Chinese letters forward by about 1000 years

also so far

The earliest mature writing system discovered in China

It is the source of Chinese characters and the root of Chinese excellent traditional culture

In the history of Chinese civilization and even human civilization

epoch-making significance

This is the ruins of the ancestral temple of the Yinxu Palace in Anyang (taken on October 12, 2018, drone photo).

Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li An

As the first of China's 100 archaeological discoveries in the 20th century

Yin Ruins in July 2006

Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List

now

Yinxu National Archaeological Site Park Construction

is progressing steadily

Become an important window to show the charm of Chinese culture

Reporter: Shuang Rui, Yuan Yueming

Vision | Editor: Wu Jingjing, Wang Qiuyun

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