There was another exhibition at the upper level, and I really wanted to see it. Note that I was exploring the library exhibition on my own as my husband have gone outside the library to grab a bite. The exhibition upstairs was about oracle bones. I was interested in this because, guess what, I've actually studied Chinese History and Culture before in my university days before, and have read about it. So was I now going to be able to see these in real life now? Man, talk about my education coming around in full circle!
Check out the entrance to the oracle bones exhibition. Tell me this isn't beyond cool! It's like those characters illuminate to suck you into their void! I'm a sucker for such stuff. I'm all in!
Some explanation of the oracle bones, it being the oldest written words found in China 3000 years ago. However this was not discovered till 1899. Prior to that, people always thought the oldest form of text was written on bronze, known as the Gold Letters.
More detailed info. You gotta zoom in to read those as I'm too lazy too. I think it's about how the oracle bone characters, being the oldest text/characters to be found in China, became the origin of the Chinese character we see today, the Han Letters.
Here is an example of an oracle bones. Cool!!!! they were used for divination long time ago. So I guess that made them kinda sacred. They can be found carved on turtle shells, or animal bones (hopefully not human bones?) You can read more about Oracle Bones here.
Above, some of the characters that can be found in ancient times. They have included the modern characters just below too. Interesting, isn't it. Chinese is a pictogram language, so in theory it should be easy to read since every character's meaning can be defer from the writing, right? So very very wrong! Hahahaha.
More cool display. Man, this looks like a pentagram!
Lastly, the evolution of the character "Dragon". <3
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