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What are facts about Chinese oracle bones?
Chinese oracle bones were used for divination. Shang kings of China used Chinese oracle bones to carve questions to ask, from deceased ancestors. They were originally sold as dragon bones for medicine purposes.
What were oracle bones and what were they used for?
An oracle bone is a piece of ox or turtle bones which were used by the Chinese for pyromancy.
The earliest chinese writing was found on?
oracle bones
What did Chinese use to predict the future?
oracle bones
What were oracle bones used for?
Oracle bones were used in ancient China for divination purposes. Inscriptions were carved onto the bones, and then a heated rod was applied, causing the bone to crack. The cracks were used to make predictions about the future, such as harvests, weather, or political events.
Where is the oldest known Chinese writing?
On Shang Dynasty oracle bones.
What does the words oracle bones mean?
bones used during the Shang dynasty for asking questions and advice from ancestors
Oracle bones were used to predict the future?
TRUE
Why is the writing inscribed on the ancient oracle bones easily uderstood today?
The Chinese written language has remained remarkably constant over the centuries. Chinese scholars can understand the oracle bones because little in the orthographic system has changed.
What do oracle bones tell us about religion and writing during the Shang Dynasty?
The oracle bones tell us that when you burn them, there are cracks. The Chinese thought that the gods are trying to tell them something. The cracks also make the Chinese handwriting used today.
What was invented during the Shang Dynasty?
Silk, Pottery, Oracle Bones, Bronze, Chinese Writing, Chinese/Lunar Calendar, Chinese Fesivals, etc.
What is oracle bones?
oracle bones are bones that ancient shang kings consulted their ancestors. and oracle is a prediction about the future.
